23 Jun, 2016 @ 15:01
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La Linea man charged with attempting to strangle woman claims it was self defence

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A LA LINEA man charged with attempting to strangle a woman has claimed he was defending himself.

Gib-la-LineaMiguel Raul Perez Porto, representing himself at the Gibraltar Magistrates court, shrugged off the photos of the alleged victim’s injuries before claiming he was ‘merely defending himself’.

He is accused of punching and slapping the woman’s face and body before attempting to strangle her and threatening to kill her.

The court heard how she coughed up blood repeatedly.

Mr Porto has been remanded in custody and the trial will move on to the Supreme Court.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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