A BRITISH man has been arrested after a woman plunged to her death from her fifth-floor Costa del Sol home.
The victim, Romina Acuna, 33, was the widow of a doorman who died in April following an alleged assault at former Towie star Elliott Wright’s Spanish restaurant.
A Brit has been arrested after personal trainer Romina Acuna died on SaturdaySolarpix
Foxy BingoThe victim was the widow of a bouncer who was fatally wounded while working at Elliot Wright’s restaurant in April[/caption]
SolarpixJose Rafael Pisani Pardo hit his head while trying to break up a fight at Wright’s popular eatery[/caption]
Chilean-born Acuna fell from her balcony at around 8.30am on Saturday at a property in Calahonda, near to the holiday hotspot of Fuengirola.
Local reports claim that she had called the cops hours earlier to say she had been assaulted and ended up in hospital, but never made a formal complaint.
The British man, 36, being held is described as someone Acuna was in an “on-off” relationship with and was known to police over previous domestic violence incidents involving other partners.
Detectives are probing whether he had a hand in personal trainer Acuna’s death, although they are also treating it as a possible suicide.
They are first allegedly trying to establish whether he was at the property when she plunged to her death.
It comes only months after Acuna’s husband’s death at Elliott Wright’s popular Costa del Sol restaurant, Olivia’s La Cala.
Jose Rafael Pisani Pardo – who Acuna has described as the lover of her life – suffered a fatal head injury after he attempted to break up a fight between customers.
A British man, 32, who was already known to police, was arrested over the bodybuilder’s death on April 16.
Cops had launched a manhunt to find the accused after CCTV emerged that reportedly showed the moment the doorman was hit with a fatal punch.
The dad-of-two is understood to have hit his head as he crashed to the ground. He was taken to hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Acuna and Venezuelan-born Pisani Pardo married in a glitzy ceremony in Las Vegas five months before he died.
His widow revealed afterwards that he had phoned her just hours before he was fatally injured to say he was “frightened” because there were a lot of drunken customers.
Dad-of-three Elliott Wright closed his restaurant for two days and said in a statement at the time: “Our hearts are broken and we have closed the restaurant today and tomorrow out of respect.
“We are supporting our staff and the family whilst awaiting news of further investigations.”
Soon after, the the former Towie star’s restaurant was vandalised and covered in graffiti.
In response to the damage, Elliott said: “Today our restaurant has been vandalised which has left us, already shocked and grieving, in total disbelief.
“We will not let this senseless vandalism distract us.”
Last month, a Norwegian pensioner was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his British partner to death at her home in Orihuela Costa on the Costa Blanca.
In March, a 69-year-old British man was arrested in the same area of Orihuela Costa over the fatal stabbing of his 64-year-old British wife.
Police said at the time the suspect had been arrested as he tried to flee the couple’s home.
Meanwhile in September, a British expat was killed in a horror head-on crash in Marbella.
Ray Wyer, 70, was allegedly forced to swerve his motorbike onto the wrong side of the road after being rammed by a van.
In August, a ex-royal navy commando said he feels “happy to be alive” after being run over four times by a “neighbour from hell” outside his Costa del Sol home.
David James, 80, was savagely attacked by a fellow Brit on his doorstep in La Viñuela, Malaga.
SolarpixRomina Acuna plunged to her death off her balcony on Saturday[/caption]
SolarpixShe married the doorman at Elliot Wright’s restaurant five months before he died[/caption]
SolarpixAcuna had received a chilling call only hours before he was fatally wounded at the restaurant[/caption]
SolarpixOlivia’s was vandalised soon after the news broke of the bouncer’s death on April 16[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
