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Benidorm Court Jails British Woman Without Bail in Alleged Vacuum-Cable Killing

The suspect remains under investigation for homicide after authorities cited a reported confession alongside an emergency call as key early evidence.

Overview

  • A judge at Benidorm’s Investigative Court No. 2 ordered provisional, communicated detention without bail on Saturday, according to the regional high court.
  • The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunitat Valenciana said the case is opened for alleged homicide.
  • Police were alerted when a third British visitor called 112 reporting a friend had confessed to killing another woman.
  • The victim, 66, was found in an apartment in Rincón de Loix, where the accused, reported as 63–64, allegedly acknowledged strangulation with a vacuum-cleaner cable.
  • Investigators await the full police report and autopsy while forensic teams process evidence collected from the scene.