Today, Monday October 6th, at 10:00 a.m., the Second Section of the Alicante Provincial Court will begin a trial for two men who are suspected of trying to break into a property and attacking a couple in San Miguel de Salinas with the goal of stealing their car.
The Prosecutor’s Office said that the first attempted robbery happened on April 25th, 2022, when one of the defendants vaulted over a stone wall that surrounded a property to get into the house. He opened the door for his friend once he was inside. The defendants were shocked to see the homeowner, who was cleaning the pool. The suspects aimed what looked like a gun at him, but he was able to get inside the house and yell that he was going to contact the police.
The owner’s brother heard the screaming and ran to the site, where the suspected thieves held him at gunpoint as well. They then fled the area without getting what they wanted.
The second incident happened on June 8th, 2022, when the defendants reportedly went up to a couple who were sitting in their car in San Miguel de Salinas. They asked for the keys to the car while holding the same gun. The defendants stole the driver’s mobile phone and then attacked both of them, kicking, punching, and beating them with the butt of the gun to try to get the keys. But when they saw that the car was locked and that the couple’s young daughter was inside, they ran away.
A few days later, on June 15th, 2022, police searched a garage where the two main defendants and two other men who were also charged in this case were staying. They found five incendiary devices that looked like Molotov cocktails, as well as other items that were supposedly used to commit crimes, such as gloves, handcuffs, bulletproof jackets, shotguns, licence plates, axes, and sledgehammers.
The two main suspects are facing two counts of robbery (one of which was attempted) and one count of storing combustible and incendiary devices. The Prosecutor’s Office wants them to spend eleven years in jail. The Prosecutor’s Office wants four years in prison for the other two accused.
Author: Derek Appleton
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