A man accused of trying to kill his ex-wife with a hammer to the head: "I started crying, I exploded and my mind was erased"

• Balearic Islands The man who attacked his wife with a hammer on the head in Mallorca: "I just hit my wife"

The man accused of trying to kill his ex-wife with a hammer has assured, this Friday at the trial in

, that he does not remember having hit her: "I started to cry, I raised my head and I exploded. My mind was erased."

During the trial held this Friday in the Second Section of the

, the defendant has acknowledged the facts to questions from the prosecutor.

Thus, he has reported that this morning, in September 2019, he was with his ex-wife talking at her home, when she told him that she wanted him to come back.

"I told her that if she didn't come back in a month I was going to report her for abandoning her family. At first she said yes, but later she told me no," she stressed, while adding: "She started telling me things I didn't like them and that's when I exploded".

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the brutal beating he gave his ex-wife left him with

that prevent him from fend for himself today.

The Prosecutor asks for the defendant

, as well as compensation of 169,000 euros for moral damages and the consequences left by the beating.

According to the indictment, the events date back to September 11, 2019. The accused had gone to the home of his ex-partner, with whom he had two children in common.

A rubber hammer and a pointed metal hammer

At the time when they were heading to the door to leave the home, the man began to punch the woman after which he proceeded to hit her repeatedly on the head with a rubber hammer and another pointed metal hammer.

The tremendous beating caused the victim numerous injuries and scars on the face and skull and forced him to stay

Son Espases ICU and more than three months admitted and having to undergo various operations.

During his statement, the man stated that he suffered from depression due to the complaint of sexual abuse of his daughter that he had faced.

"I had not broken her relationship with her. She left her house until the matter of the complaint was resolved," he has indicated.

In addition, he has recognized that during the time they were separated he insisted on getting back together.

Therefore, once the case was filed, she told him to get back together.

, she has stressed.

Three hours until he called for help

On the day of the events, the defendant has reported that they met at the school to take the children to school.

"Then we went to my house, I made a coffee for both of us and told him that the complaint had been filed, that he should come home," he said.

At that moment, according to his version, the victim began to say "things that I did not like and that was when I lowered my head to start crying."

"I don't remember those events. I was shocked. I don't remember hitting her with the hammers," she said.

From the time he allegedly beats his ex-wife until he confesses the facts to the Police and asks for help, three hours pass, according to the prosecutor's brief.

At that time, the defendant has indicated that the victim told him not to ask for help: "

, but once I saw what had happened, that was when I sought help."

Next, the victim has denied that he asked to die and has insisted that he does not remember "anything" from the time he goes down the steps until he is on the floor at the Son Espases Hospital.

The woman has said that the man liked "to have everything under control, to know where we were and what we were doing."

Finally, she has assured that her ex-husband told her that

: "He told me that as soon as the girl's issue was resolved, he would give me a month to return home."

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