Jurgen Franzke killed his landlord in Alfarnatejo

52 year old German man Jurgen Franzke arrested in connection with the death of his German landlord in the village of Alfarnatejo, has now confessed to the crime. He has now been sent to prison on remand, while his Spanish wife was released after declaring before the instruction judge. The forensic report has shown that the victim was dead before he was set on fire and the inflammable liquid used had been taken from a nearby generator.The German told police that he attacked the landlord, also German, beating him round the head with a rock before putting him in a car and setting it alight. It seems the two men had had a long running dispute over breaks in the electricity supply at the property rented by the couple.
The case of a German man who was murdered in Alfarnatejo on Christmas Day 2005 comes to court on Monday, where a countryman faces a possible 12 years in prison for the killing.Named in press reports at the time as Jurgen Franzke, he told the instructing judge at his remand hearing in January 2006 that he killed his landlord, in an argument over cuts in electricity supply to the house he and his Spanish wife rented from the victim. The landlord’s burnt body was discovered inside his car on 25th December 2006 in the Rancho Verde area of Alfarnatejo.Europa Press reports that a distancing order was in place against the accused and the victim was beaten to death with a stone.The prosecution in the case is also asking for compensation of 150,000 €.