Benidorm woman accused of cutting worker’s safety rope faces six years in prison
A woman in Benidorm is accused of trying to kill a façade worker by cutting the safety ropes supporting him as he worked high above the ground. Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison sentence for attempted homicide, and the case matters because the worker was left at risk of falling from the building.
The incident took place on 20 January 2021, between the 12th and 13th floors of a residential building. Prosecutors allege the woman cut one rope with a sharp object and stopped before cutting the second after hearing workers shout; the man clung to a ledge to avoid falling about 150 feet. The building, the accused woman’s motive and nationality have not been disclosed.
- A woman faces trial over allegedly cutting a worker’s safety rope in Benidorm.
- The worker clung to a ledge about 150 feet above the ground.
- Prosecutors are seeking a six-year sentence for attempted homicide.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Woman ‘who cut the safety ropes of a Benidorm skyscraper workman leaving him clinging onto 150ft ledge’ faces jail in Spain”.