Brit ‘stabbed spouse to death and shut down power to stop calls for assistance’

A British guy is implicated of killing his spouse by strangling her and stabbing her 11 times after they made love in their Spanish house.

Geoffrey Elton, 56, apparently eliminated mum-of-two Gloria Tornay, 58, prior to kicking his child, 15, out of their Costa del Sol house and eliminating any phones in the home. He was later on charged with her murder.

Spanish district attorneys are now looking for a 14-year sentence for Elton and as much as £180,000 payment for her kids, it has actually been reported. In an indictment sent to a judge ahead of trial, they declare that he made love with Ms Tornay in their bed room with the ‘obvious intention of ending her life after’.

They then declare that he ‘suddenly and totally unexpectedly began to hit her in the face’ prior to attempting to suffocate her on March 9 in 2015. They claim this was not successful, causing him stabbing her 11 times with a ‘5.7 inch long kitchen knife’.

Ms Tornay passed away after entering into ‘hypovolemic shock’ due to the quantity of the blood she lost, the indictment states. Prosecutors declare that Elton benefited from her usage of morphine and methadone prior to the attack.

They went on: ‘After what happened, the accused expelled their son from the property, threw his mobile phone, that of his wife’s and the house phone outside, and closed down power to your house.

‘This was done with the aim of ensuring the success of his actions by making it impossible for the emergency services to arrive in time and stop anyone entering the property to help the victim.’

Elton ran an effective satellite setup company prior to retiring at the age of 50. He has actually been hung on remand in jail because his spouse’s murder.

Ms Tornay, a Spanish nationwide from a town near Ronda in southern Spain, was apparently preparing to leave her partner prior to the attack.

Friends of the couple stated Elton had actually grown ‘increasingly paranoid’ and reclusive in the weeks previous, and thought his household were spying on him, it was reported. A date for his trial has actually not yet been set.

Ms Tornay’s household have actually likewise introduced a parallel prosecution and are comprehended to be requiring the very same 14-year jail sentence.

With extra reporting by Natalia Penza.

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