The judicial authority investigating the case of the minor seriously injured in a fire under unclear circumstances in the early hours of last Wednesday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has agreed this Friday to extend the detention of the man presented by the Police as the alleged perpetrator of the arson attack until next Monday.
The magistrate in charge of the Court of Instruction number 3 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (competent in the case as the Court of Violence against Children and Adolescents) considers that before making a decision on the personal situation of the investigated, and "existing rational indications of criminality", several tests must be carried out, including multiple reports from the Burn Unit of the Hospital of Seville, to determine in what circumstances the young woman, 17 years old, was seriously injured.
The instructor weighs "contradictory indications" about what really happened at the time of the events, in view of a recording provided by the Police with images of that morning at the scene.
Among other tests, the magistrate orders that official letters be sent to the hospital so that, within 60 hours, it informs if scientifically it can be affirmed that the burns presented by the victim "were caused by spillage of flammable material", if "they could have been caused while the victim was lying on a mattress without using any type of accelerant" or, on the contrary, "taking into account the injuries presented, some type of accelerant had to be used".
The investigated will remain in prison until next Monday, when he will appear again before the Court to testify.
The proceedings have been initiated indicatively for the alleged commission of a crime of attempted homicide, provisional qualification and pending conclusions that may derive from the request for new evidence.