• Adeje The murderer from Tenerife was arrested two weeks ago but the victim did not denounce him in court

The 46-year-old woman murdered by her ex-partner in Adeje (Tenerife) resigned from requesting a protection order or other criminal or civil actions and stated that the resignation was made "freely and voluntarily" without "any threat or coercion". as stated today by the

Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC)

.

The TSJC has provided this Tuesday details of what happened on December 30 when the woman murdered last Sunday night appeared in the Court of Violence against Women number 1 of Arona, after having denounced her ex-partner for threats on December 28. December at the

Adeje Civil Guard

post .

In this regard, the TSJC has specified that, although it has been reported that the victim

"did not testify" in court

, the truth is that she did, although in the course of her presentation she availed herself of her right not to testify against his ex.

The woman stated that the person being investigated today was her sentimental partner, and explained that this relationship had begun in 2013, when they were both married, and that the result of this relationship was two children.

He added that in 2019 they had divorced and that they had "resumed the relationship as

roommates

" in March 2020.

The woman availed herself of her right not to testify against the man now being investigated as the alleged perpetrator of her death "given her sentimental relationship" with him and when she was offered a request for a protection order, she stated that she was not interested

in "adoption to any extent"

.

Likewise, the judge offered her the possibility of taking criminal and civil actions and, according to the TSJC, the woman stated that she was resigning "as many as may correspond to her", while stating that the resignation was made "freely and voluntarily" without - she declared -, "with any threat or coercion".

Following this statement, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office in the proceedings requested the provisional dismissal of the proceedings as there was no evidence that would disprove the presumption of innocence of the defendant, which was agreed by the judicial authority with the

favorable report

of the defense and the attorney for the defendant. investigated.

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