The Irish tourist suspected of killing his partner was remanded to prison on Wednesday by an investigating magistrate after a court hearing.
A spokesman for the investigating magistrate confirmed late this afternoon: “The Court of Violence Against Women in Tarragona today received the man arrested over the death of his partner at a hotel in Salou on Sunday.READ MORE: Irish couple in Salou seen arguing before woman found dead and partner arrested
Formal charges are only laid in Spain shortly before trial. The suspect has now been formally declared an ‘investigado’ - literally a person under investigation - following today’s hearing.Before taking the decision on his prison remand, the investigating judge would have heard submissions from a state prosecutor and the suspect’s defence lawyer, neither of whom has been identified.
The nearest prison to the court in Tarragona is Mas d’Enric Prison but court authorities have not confirmed this was where he was due to spend his first night in jail.
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