Canary Islands Weekly – Man arrested in Tenerife for raping woman and threatening her with death after breaking into her home

National Police have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of raping a woman and threatening to kill her after breaking into her home in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

The victim filed a police report stating that she was in her bedroom when the man broke into her house, forcibly restrained her and then sexually abused her while threatening to kill her.

The National Police officers in charge of the investigation managed to identify the suspect. He has a previous criminal record and two arrest warrants for assault and contempt of court order.

After his arrest, the suspect was taken into police custody and subsequently handed over to the relevant judicial authority.