- The 40-year-old woman was attacked inside the man’s home in Miranda de Ebro
- She was able to escape through a window and was soon taken to hospital
A convicted paedophile has been arrested in Spain for attempted kidnapping after a woman with a padlock and chain around her neck turned up at a local hospital.
Doctors in the city of Miranda de Ebro were stunned when the woman with a bruised face walked into the Santiago Apóstol hospital.
A chain and two padlocks were locked around her neck and hands, and she explained that she had escaped from a kidnapper.
The 40-year-old woman, who has not been named, told police that she had earlier been at the hospital visiting a sick friend.
When she had left, she said the man had offered her a lift home, but on the way he said he had to stop at his home to pick up a few things.
Doctors in the city of Miranda de Ebro were stunned when the woman with a bruised face walked into the Santiago Apóstol hospital (pictured)
He is then said to have gained her trust and invited her in, but after closing the front door beat her unconscious.
The woman said that when she regained consciousness, the man had a chain around her neck and was trying to strangle her, while hitting and insulting her.
He then padlocked her hands with another chain to stop his victim from fighting back and prevent her from escaping.
According to local reports, the woman had known the 57-year-old man, identified only as JMG, for some time.
In her police report, the woman said she managed to escape through a window when the man was distracted and flee to relatives who then took her to the hospital.
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A chain and two padlocks were locked around the woman’s neck and hands, and she explained that she had escaped from a kidnapper. A 57-year-old suspect has since been arrested
Soon after the man was identified, authorities were alerted to the woman’s ordeal.
Now police have confirmed that a 57-year-old man has been arrested. He has not yet been named by Spanish authorities or media.
They added that he had previously been convicted for kidnapping and abusing a nine-year-old girl in Burgalesa in December 2015.
The Family and Domestic Violence unit of the Miranda Policia Nacional are now investigating the case and are treating it as an incident of gendered sexual violence, according to English-language Spanish news outlet Olive Press.
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