THE WEATHER
Edition 310
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Friday 24th February 2017
BRIT KNIFES WIFE
BY ALEX TRELINSKI
T
he Guardia Civil arrested an 86-year-old British man, Ronald Stenning, on suspicion of killing his wife at a retirement home in El Campello, north-east of Alicante City. The incident happened at around 9.00 am on Sunday, with his 79year-old wife Margaret having her throat slashed, whilst Mr.Stenning then allegedly tried to harm himself with the same knife. He was taken to San Juan University Hospital in Alicante with what were initially described as superficial injuries, but he then needed emergency surgery. He was said to be "out of danger and conscious" on Monday morning, but as The Courier went to press, still not well
enough later in the week to be questioned by a judge. He was scheduled to be seen by a psychiatrist. The drama unfolded at the Orbea Buenavista residential home in the Muchavista beach area of El Campello. A worker at the facility said that the Stennings had not lived there long, with some reports suggesting that they had originally come to Spain from the Brixham area of Devon. Staff at the home said the couple had never previously been involved in any violent incidents and the woman had never reported her husband for abuse. A minute's silence in memory of Margaret Stenning took place on
Monday lunchtime outside the regional government building in Valencia City. Valencian vice-president
Monica Oltra described it as a "new example of male violence which had ended Margaret's life".
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