 On arrival, they found the suspect lying on the couple's bed and the woman dead on the floor of their kitchen diner with around 20 stab wounds including several to her neck. Court officials said the expat man, said to be suffering Alzheimer's, would be examined by a specialist before being questioned. National Police in Malaga confirmed on Saturday the detainee had been arrested three times in the last few months for domestic violence. But they said his partner had decided not to press charges which was the reason why no measures were in place to protect her. Today, a court official said: "The British man arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in Benalmadena has been handed over to the judiciary this morning. "He is in court custody awaiting an examination by a forensic doctor before he is questioned." A judicial source added: "We can confirm the victim declined to ratify in court previous complaints she had made regarding allegations of domestic violence which had led to the husband's arrest. "Because there were no witnesses and the alleged victim didn){kind=link}
David Cadwallader, 80, has been arrested in Benalmádena, Spain over the alleged murder of his wife Lesley Yvonne Denise Cadwallader and spent three nights in custody
A British man has been held for three nights in a Spanish police cell over the alleged murder of his wife after she made a desperate 999 call while she was being stabbed to death.
David Cadwallader, 80, was due to appear before a judge on the Costa del Sol today following the tragedy at the couple’s home in the town of Benalmádena on Friday night.
His wife Lesley Yvonne Denise Cadwallader, 69, frantically called the emergency services herself and reportedly said her partner had stabbed her four times – before the phone line suddenly went dead.
Police managed to get into the property overlooking the seafront promenade with the help of firefighters.