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Irishman held in Spain as woman escapes sex attack in lift
Saturday, 6 September 2008
An Irishman has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a woman during a horrific sex attack in Spain.
The 32-year-old from Limerick was arrested after a local woman claimed a man tried to strangle her to death after sexually assaulting her in a lift.
The 45-year-old Spaniard was on her way to work when the alleged attack happened, on Wednesday morning, in Malaga, on the Costa del Sol.
She told police a man followed her into the lift as she headed to the legal firm where she works.
He grabbed her by the neck and indecently assaulted her. Colleagues heard her cries as the lift reached the third floor of the city centre building -- and raced out to find a man trying to strangle her with one hand and stifling her screams with the other.
A police patrol arrived minutes later, and took an Irishman away in handcuffs. The alleged victim told investigators she had never seen her attacker before. He was in custody last night pending a court appearance.
The court hearing will be closed to press and public, and is expected to conclude with the man being remanded in custody. A spokesman for Malaga's National Police said: "A 32-year-old Irishman is currently being held in custody on suspicion of indecent assault and attempted murder."
A source added: "If it had not been for this woman's colleagues hearing her screams and coming to her aid, we could have had a murder on our hands.
"The attack took place in daylight in a public place. It defies logical explanation.
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