The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested a 49-year-old man accused of a crime of manslaughter and another of mistreatment for letting his partner die when he suffered a hypoglycemia and recorded his suffering with the mobile while the woman agonized last month June in Viladecans (Barcelona).

The detainee, of Argentine nationality and neighbor of Viladecans, was arrested last Wednesday and has already entered prison by judicial order accused of a crime of homicide and ill-treatment in the home.

As reported by the regional police on Saturday, the events date back to the early hours of June 18 when the Mossos d'Esquadra learned of the location of a dead woman at his home in Viladecans and began an investigation to clarify the circumstances of death.

The autopsy determined that the woman had suffered hypoglycemia, that is, a drop in blood sugar.

Investigators continued with the police efforts, as they suspected that they could have committed a crime of omission of relief and discovered on the mobile phone of the man a video recorded by himself in which he filmed the agony of his partner, which evidenced According to the police, he had not helped the victim when he suffered the crisis and would have let her die.

Autonomous police sources have indicated that the man had not broadcast the video and only kept it in a file on his phone.

In addition, according to the Mossos, the autopsy determined that the woman suffered blows and bruises compatible with having been beaten.

On Wednesday, the agents of the Gavà Investigation Unit (Barcelona) arrested the woman's partner as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of homicide and another of ill-treatment in the home.

On Thursday, the detainee became available to the Gavà Court of Instruction No. 2 and the judge decreed his entry into provisional prison.

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