British woman, 55, found stabbed to death on doorstep of her Spanish home

By Gerard Couzens
Last updated at 6:49 PM on 7th March 2011

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• Police hunting Spanish ex boyfriend 'seen fleeing scene'
• Victim had restraining order against ex after he beat her

A British woman has been stabbed to death on the doorstep of her home in Spain.
Marilyn Wilson, 55, was attacked around 8am today as she left her house in the village of Fuente el Saz del Jarama near Madrid.

Police found her lying unconscious with several stab wounds to her chest and abdomen after racing to the scene with paramedics.

Murder scene: The British woman was found dying as she left her house to go to work

She was stabilised at the scene but died in hospital shortly afterwards.

Police are hunting her ex-boyfriend, who had allegedly been lying in wait for her and it is claimed was spotted running from the murder scene across nearby countryside.

Ms Wilson victim reportedly took out a restraining order against the 55-year-old Spaniard last July after he beat her up.

Detectives had been making regular visits to the Brit expat but insisted she had not voiced any concerns.

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil in Madrid said: 'The victim died in hospital after being stabbed outside her home.

'The man we are hunting is her ex-boyfriend, a 55-year-old Spaniard who we think had been lying in wait for her and was seen running from the murder scene.

'We believe he may be hiding out in countryside near the scene of the crime.

'A helicopter is searching for him from the air and several police units are looking for him on the ground.

Police are hunting the woman's ex boyfriend who they believe is hiding in the countryside outside the village of Fuente el Saz del Jarama near Madrid, pictured

'Several road blockades have been set up in the area to stop him escaping.

'The victim contacted police last June claiming he had physically assaulted her.

'A judge granted a restraining order last July which prevented him from approaching her or trying to contact her.


'We were in regular contact with her to make sure everything was okay.

'She was visited by local Civil Guard officers on Saturday and didn't voice any concerns.'

He added: 'All I can tell you about the victim at this stage is that she was British, 52 years old and lived in Spain.

'The man we are hunting, her ex-boyfriend, is a 55-year-old Spaniard.'

An ambulance spokesman said: 'We were called around 8am this morning to a house in Fuente el Saz del Jarama after receiving a call to say a woman had been stabbed and a man had fled the scene.

'When we arrived the woman was lying unconscious and critically injured on the ground with several deep knife wounds to her chest and abdomen.

'She was stabiized at the scene and taken to Infanta Sofia Hospital in the nearby town of San Sebastian de los Reyes where she subsequently died.'

'When we arrived the woman was lying unconscious and critically injured on the ground with several deep knife wounds to her chest and abdomen'

Ambulance spokesman

Thirteen women had been killed in cases of domestic violence in Spain this year before today's killing.

The authorities thought the British woman was at 'low risk' of being killed by her ex, newspaper El Pais said.

She reported him to the authorities under Spain's Law Against Violence of Gender.
Of the 14 victims so far this year, 11 were Spanish and three were foreigners.

Four of the murders took place in the southern region of Andalusia, two in the north east region of Catalonia and two in the region of Madrid, which includes the capital city.

The previous murder in the Madrid region took place on January 19 when a man strangled his Ecuadorian girlfriend in the town of Fuenlabrada, south west of the capital.

Last year 73 women died at the hands of their partners in Spain, an increase on the previous year's total of 55 women.

In October last year Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba admitted the government was 'not doing well' in combating the problem, which he described as 'horrible'.

Spain updated its domestic violence laws in 2004, strengthening the powers of restraining orders and making aggressive behaviour against a partner a criminal offence.

Since then the courts have passed more than 145,000 sentences against men convicted of being aggressive to their partners.

Judges have also given out 141,000 restraining orders.

Fuente el Saz del Jarama is a village of just 6,000 inhabitants 25 miles north west of Madrid.
The house where the victim lived is on the outskirts of the village on a main road running through it.

She is thought to have been leaving the property to go to work when she was attacked


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