'Alejandro de Abarca arrested after his girlfriend was found tied up in the boot of his burnt-out car is being held in custody, following a preliminary hearing today.
Judge Laura Mestres has ordered Alejandro de Abarca to remain in preventative prison until his case comes to trial.
Ana Niculai, 25, was reported missing after she failed to turn up for work at the bar she co-owned in Palma de Mallorca.
Hours later, her burnt body was found tied up in the boot of boyfriend Alejandro de Abarca's car on a stretch of wasteland near the village of Muro.
Speculation is rife that the accused also sexually abused the victim.
Alejandro says Ana, a Romanian national, died from a massive injection of heroin administered by him, although it is not known whether this was voluntary or against her will if, in fact, it is the case.
He is said to have attacked her in the car park near her work place as she was on her way to the bar, and later driven off in her car.
De Abarca, who was on weekend leave from jail – where he has served nine years out of his ten-year sentence for burglary and aggravated robbery – claims he tied up his victim but did not realise she was in his car when he set fire to it.
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