The Court of Las Palmas will judge this week a man who faces 15 years in prison after allegedly attacking his partner with a knife, "in a surprising and sudden manner", and stabbing her three times in the neck when she was in the bedroom of the home they shared in Arrecife (Lanzarote).
According to the indictment, released by the Prosecutor's Office this Sunday, the accused, D.O.C.P., to whom a crime of attempted murder in the attempt phase is attributed, has the aggravating circumstances of kinship and gender.
In addition to the sentence of 15 years and one day in prison, the Public Ministry requests that the accused compensate the victim with 100,000 euros.
Likewise, it requests that the accused be imposed the prohibition of approaching the victim to within 500 meters and communicating with her for a period of 20 years.
According to the facts described by the Public Prosecutor's Office in its indictment, after the attack, the woman managed to call emergency services and say that she had been stabbed, and when the officers arrived at the home, where the accused was still present, she told them that she could not open the door because she did not have the keys.
The victim suffered a penetrating wound of four to five centimeters in the anterior region of the neck (suprahyoid) that severed the vallecula and left lateral pharyngeal wall, and another of two centimeters in the right hemicneck that affected the musculature.
Likewise, she suffered a third penetrating wound on the left lateral side from four to the submandibular region that severed the submandibular gland and a penetrating wound of three centimeters in diameter that damaged the musculature, and which required surgical medical treatment and 152 days for its healing and stability.
As a consequence of the injuries, the victim suffers sequelae consisting of aesthetic damage in relation to the scars of the wounds and because they are located in a visible body area, as well as neurotic disorders derived from post-traumatic stress, the Prosecutor's Office points out.
The accused D.O.C.P. has been deprived of his liberty for this case since March 10, 2025.
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