The 38-year-old man who brutally beat his wife in Vratsa remains in custody
The 38-year-old man who brutally beat his wife in Vratsa remains in custody, the District Court ruled on June 5. According to the magistrates, the evidence gathered is sufficient to implicate him in the three crimes he is accused of: violating a restraining order against his wife, threatening to kill and causing moderate bodily harm. According to the perpetrator's relatives, the victim provoked him.
"It's about infidelity," the 38-year-old man accused of violence against his wife commented. According to his relatives, the woman issued the restraining orders because of her profession.
Ivka Assenova - sister of the perpetrator: 'They got married on March 23, we were against marrying Anelia because of her profession, she is a paid dancer. Even if he did beat her it is not right. But I don't think there was a six-hour beating. This is the second time Anelia issued a restraining order, when the paid season starts, she gets restraining orders issued against him."
Tsvetana Mladenova - mother of the perpetrator: "I am not sure that she was beaten for 6 hours, can you imagine a man beating a small woman for six hours, is it likely that she would survive?"
According to relatives, the first restraining order was violated by the woman herself as she went to visit the man in the prison.
Ivka Assenova - sister of the perpetrator: 'Ever since she dumped him …Anelia who used him and violated the first restraining order when they were dating. I want a check to done in the prison, to see if she visited him while he was there."
According to the victim's mother, after the beating, the perpetrator took out a gun and a knife, saying he was giving his wife a life, as a present. But the man's relatives deny the accused was in possession of weapons.
Ivka Assenova, the perpetrator's sister: "My brother doesn't have a gun."
Tsvetana Mladenova - mother of the perpetrator: "My home has been checked to a toy."
The victim, who underwent life-saving surgery as a result of the six hours of punches and kicks inflicted by her husband, is now receiving treatment at home and will demand a fair and uncompromising sentence.
