ARCO DA CALHETA: VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIED

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Despite the efforts of medical teams and firefighters, the victim was unable to resist her injuries and ended up dying on the spot.

A man was arrested this afternoon by the Public Security Police (PSP) for the alleged murder of a 40-year-old woman living in Arco da Calheta. According to a PSP source, the man is already detained and is related to the victim. According to what JM found out, the woman was violently assaulted with a knife, in a framework of domestic violence, this afternoon at Sítio da Cova.

The injuries were critical and endangered the woman’s life. The worst-case scenario was confirmed by the EMIR medical teams and the Fire Department, who concluded the resuscitation maneuvers just now, with the EMIR doctor declaring the death.

The case is now handed over to the Police, which must transfer the case to the Judiciary Police (PJ), the authority responsible for investigating this type of crimes. The health delegate now goes to the scene to confirm the death and authorize the removal of the body.

SOCIALIST WOMEN CONDEMN DEADLY CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CALHETA.

The Socialist Women of Madeira deeply regret the death of a woman, which occurred today in the municipality of Calheta, allegedly in the context of domestic violence.

“We solidify once again with all victims of domestic violence and especially with this situation that has occurred today”, they point out.

Socialist Women report that, with the pandemic, it has become even more difficult for victims of violence to report the situation, which should prompt people to be even more attentive and to inform the authorities whenever they become aware of any situation of violence domestic, as it is a public crime.

“There has been a false sense in society that the number of cases has been decreasing in RAM”, but “the decrease in the number of complaints does not mean that crimes have decreased”, warn the socialists.

The Department of Socialist Women sends heartfelt sentiments to the victim’s relatives and loved ones and strongly condemns this situation of death caused within the family. Therefore, it leaves the alert: “Silence is not golden”.

From Jornal Madeira

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9 Responses

  1. Oh how tragic, poor lady, may she now know peace. Years ago we were saying how wonderful Madiera was and passed the comment that there did not seem to be any crime and was told that the most crime was domestic violence, so obviously still an issue, this is all so sad.
    RIP dear lady.

    1. A sad story unfortunately things have changed in Madeira over the years all sorts of crime happen now plenty of thiving drug addicts also.

  2. A very sad story. According to UK police there has been a huge increase in domestic violence in the UK since the lockdowns started.

  3. So sad to hear .people are becoming so violent even with love ones.rest in Peace poor family to loose a loved one in these way…i guess no matter we live bad things are happening ??

  4. Alcohol is a major driver of domestic violence here ( and elswhere) but its a huge problem here, people start drinking from getting up right through the day and pretty hard stuff, I reiterate a storey from our experience some few months back, my wife went into our local supermarket here in Funchal and there is a cafe, she came back to car and said ” you won’t believe what I’ve just experienced ” someone standing at counter ordering bread and a tumbler of whiskey, takes wrapped bread and just knocking back tumbler of whiskey and paying and leaving, this was 10am and not a man but a woman, on top shelf of our local padarea is a row of bottles of Grants whiskey, and it goes down at a considerable pace.
    This is a very sad outcome but not unusual I’m afraid. RIP

  5. Reference Steve’s comment, are there really lots of “thieving drug addicts” in Madeira or the same proportion that unfortunately exists in every part of Europe? I agree with Maurice that domestic violence has increased alongside Covid lockdown in many countries. The need to balance measures to manage risk of infection with full consideration of economic factors that produce or increase unwanted social issues is therefore critical. Not a black and white decision making process.

    1. We are not talking about every part of Europe ? The topic is Madeira not sure where your trying to go with your comment.

  6. I reiterate Simon, by far the bigger issue is alcohol addiction.

  7. So sad to see that our peaceful little island can still have this type of insanity. I wonder if she had children?

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