domestic violence

Off-duty policeman stops drunk British man, 74, beating up his wife inside their Costa Blanca holiday home

Off-duty policeman stops drunk British man, 74, beating up his wife inside Costa Blanca holiday home

AN OFF-DUTY Policia Nacional officer intervened in Denia to stop a 74-year-old British man from beating up his wife. The policeman heard screaming coming from

4 May, 2026 @ 10:46

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

How the killing of a grandmother in Cordoba at the hands of her husband exposes the cracks in Spain’s domestic violence protection system

A 64-YEAR-OLD woman killed by her ex-husband last Monday in Cordoba is the 16th gender-violence victim in Spain this year, raising concerns over the effectiveness

14 Apr, 2026 @ 13:33

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror on the Costa Blanca: Father kills his three-year-old daughter before taking own life in suspected ‘vicarious violence’ case

A SUN-DRENCHED city on the Costa Blanca is in mourning this weekend after a three-year-old girl was killed by her own father in a suspected

21 Mar, 2026 @ 17:58

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

PICTURED: British mum-of-three, 33, ‘stabbed to death by ex in front of her children’ in horror Malaga attack

A BRITISH mother stabbed to death in front of her young children in Alhaurín el Grande has been named. Victoria Hart, 33, was killed at

26 Jan, 2026 @ 10:25

Andalucia·Lead

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Man arrested for punching pregnant girlfriend in the stomach at Malaga home

A MAN has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for a brutal assault on his partner who is seven months pregnant. He’s also accused of

29 Jul, 2025 @ 11:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

TOWIE star James Argent arrested for ‘pushing Miss Sweden girlfriend down steps’ in Spain’s Costa del Sol

FORMER reality TV star James Argent has been handed a six-month suspended prison sentence after admitting to a case of domestic violence against his model

14 May, 2025 @ 13:17

Celebrity·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Pictured: Spanish woman ‘killed by her Nigerian ex’ in Benalmadena just days after restraining order was denied

THE provisional results into an autopsy on a Benalmadena woman- Lina- allegedly murdered on Sunday by her husband- suggests that she was strangled. Medics haven’t

11 Feb, 2025 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman accuses ex-boyfriend of employing a medium to move objects and furniture to frighten her at her Valencia home

Police in Spain investigate bizarre case of ‘paranormal abuse’ after a woman claimed her ex-boyfriend hired a medium to scare her

A VALENCIA woman has accused her former partner of hiring a medium to move objects and furniture to intimidate her. In a domestic violence investigation,

9 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Horror in Mijas: Thugs beat up woman in her 80s while robbing her home

Spain’s Guardia Civil finds human head hidden in a bag in Madrid area near where man killed his wife

The Guardia Civil have made a grisly discovery in the Madrid town of Soto del Real, close to the home where a couple were found

25 Jun, 2024 @ 17:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Boxer divides opinion in Spain after beating up an ‘abusive boyfriend’ who was ‘shouting at his girlfriend’ inside a cinema

A YOUNG boxer from the northern Spanish province of Leon has offered heartfelt apologies in a video message, after a video of him beating up

7 May, 2024 @ 16:02

Crime & Law·Lead

US tourist death latest: Husband will be investigated for ‘gender violence’ after wife died ‘during or after sex’ in a tourist flat in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE in Malaga will be investigating the death of a US tourist last week as a gender violence crime, despite original reports that the 43-year-old

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:48

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man shoots ex-partner dead in Spain’s Malaga before turning weapon on himself

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after a 52-year-old man in Malaga province allegedly shot his ex-partner dead before turning the weapon on himself

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:51

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Jealous ex-husband who placed a GPS tracker on the car of his ex-wife’s new lover is arrested in Spain

A JEALOUS ex-husband has been arrested for putting a GPS tracker on a car belonging to his former partner’s new boyfriend. The 44-year-old man from

6 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Guardia Civil officer who ‘brutally assaulted his wife when she said she wanted to leave him’ is arrested in eastern Spain

A GUARDIA Civil officer has been arrested in Valencia after brutally beating up his wife who told him she wanted a separation. The victim, 50,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Man arrested in Madrid after allegedly murdering 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter

POLICE in Madrid have arrested a 26-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed to death both his 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter. The shocking crime

27 Nov, 2023 @ 15:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Andalucia has registered this year more domestic violence deaths than in all of 2022

A TOTAL of 12 women have died at the hands of their partners or ex partners in Andalucia this year. The worrying figures have surpassed

25 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Lead

Demostration against gender violence malaga

Spain’s 2023 domestic violence deaths reach 37, as faked traffic accident confirmed as murder

THE NUMBER of women who have died at the hands of their partners or ex-partners this year in Spain now stands at 37, after a

25 Aug, 2023 @ 09:24

Lead

Warning over spike in domestic violence cases in Spain this summer as government calls on public to show ‘zero tolerance’

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE SPANISH government’s delegate against domestic violence, Victoria Rosell, on Tuesday called on the public to be alert

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Politics

Man arrested in Spain’s Malaga after allegedly killing his ex-partner

A MAN has been arrested in Malaga province after the violent death of a 54-year-old woman. The suspect is thought to have been in, or

21 Jul, 2023 @ 09:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Child Pornography Arrests from Policia Nacional

Man arrested in Spain’s Logroño after allegedly killing wife and trying to throw three children into river

A MAN was arrested this weekend in the city of Logroño after allegedly stabbing his wife to death and then trying to drown his three

9 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Demonstrations For The National Day Of Spain Or Hispanic Day

As general elections approach, conservative Popular Party struggles with uneasy bedfellow Vox

THE LATEST POLLS ahead of the July 23 snap election in Spain suggest that the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox party will win

21 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Politics

Female victims of gender violence in Spain up by nearly 18% in early months of 2023

THE NUMBER OF female victims suffering domestic violence in Spain has shown a big rise in the first quarter of the year, reaching 40,481 -17.85%

14 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Neigbours alert police to mysterious rotting smell and discover dead body in flat that lay there for at least ten days on Spain's Costa Blanca

Man stabs girlfriend but gets hit by taxi during police chase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN stabbed his girlfriend five times in a Guardamar del Segura street on Tuesday before he ran in front of a taxi as he

8 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community