Attempted murder . This is the accusation against the man who violently beat his partner , then attempted to strangle her with a cable and then drown her in the bathtub.

This is an unemployed fifty-year-old who is now under arrest in Massama prison . The victim, his age, was transferred together with her daughter to a protected facility .

The episode of brutal violence occurred two evenings ago in Oristano . First the insults, then he hit the woman with a blunt object, then he kicked and punched her and slammed her head against the wall. Finally he attempted to kill her: he tried to strangle her with a charger cord and drown her in the bathtub .

The woman managed to free herself from the hold, escape and raise the alarm. She was rescued by a 118 ambulance and taken to San Martino in Oristano, where, still deeply upset and in shock, she told everything to the police. But he didn't give up. In a rage, he entered the hospital in search of his partner, but was first blocked by the hospital security guards and then arrested . He now faces charges of attempted murder.

(Unioneonline/L)

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