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7 years for trying to kill a man with a machete in Alicante

The Alicante Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to seven and a half years in prison for trying to kill a 33-year-old foreign man.

After arguing with him about money and certain possessions, he stabbed him in the temple with a machete.

Given that it was demonstrated that the accused was the one who carried out the attack based on the viewing of a video of the minutes following the attack that was recorded by witnesses, the court of the Tenth Section imposed the punishment, holding the accused accountable for the crime of attempted murder.

On November 11th, 2023, shortly after noon, the incident happened in Alicante’s Orán Square.

According to the verdict, the defendant disappeared for ten minutes following their argument and returned with “a large machete.”

He then approached the victim, “who was not expecting him,” and struck him in the left temple with the edge of the machete “with the intention of killing him” before the victim could react and avoid the blow.

At that point, the accused was attacked by a group of individuals in the same square who took away his machete and convinced him to cease acting in that way.

The trial took place between January 27th and February 19th of this year. The accused was initially detained on December 1st and remanded in custody two days later.

The verdict stated that the victim’s seven-centimeter blunt cut “could have caused his death,” necessitating medical attention.

In his statement before the court, the defendant maintained an exculpatory version and rejected the facts, even going so far as to claim he was not involved in the altercation that resulted in the attack. The court, however, disregarded his account and granted credibility to the police officers who responded to the attack scene and were able to get a recording and images of the aftermath, which were taken by multiple eyewitnesses.

Nevertheless, neither the victim nor the witness who recorded the video attended the trial.

Along with the prison term, the sentencing stipulates that the accused will compensate the injured person with 2,060 euros and impose an 8-year, 6-month requirement to keep a minimum distance of 300 meters from the victim. In a decision that can be challenged within ten days before the High Court of Justice, the supervised release provision is also extended for an extra five years.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.

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Dénia wrestler arrested in connection with a network that smuggled 300 kilos of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Police’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit arrested a famous mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Dénia. He was part of a gang that was partly broken up in August over a shipment of 300 kg of cocaine from Ecuador that came into the port of Valencia. The fighter from Dénia is one of five people who were caught by police. Along with nine other gang members who were already in jail at the time, they are now in jail.

The man who was arrested in Dénia is thought to be the trusted man of the gang’s leader, who is also an MMA fighter, and the person who is said to have worked as a go-between in the operation.

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The five people who were just caught went before Valencia’s Investigative Court No. 20 yesterday, April 3rd.