Netherfield man Andrew Dmytruk jailed for four years in Spain over hotel fire
A BRITISH man with a mental age of seven has been sentenced to more than four years in jail after he admitted starting a fire in a Spanish hotel.
Andrew Dmytruk, 51, of Netherfield, had been held in a Spanish jail for almost two years on remand after a Benidorm hotel was evacuated.
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Andrew Dmytruk
His case has been taken up by charity Fair Trials International and Gedling MP Vernon Coaker.
Fears for his safety increased after he made an attempt on his life earlier this year.
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Mr Dmytruk, who has been on disability benefits for most of his life, was brain damaged after contracting meningitis as a baby.
He was arrested following the December 2010 fire which destroyed a fourth-floor room in the multi-storey hotel in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca.
Eleven people, mainly British pensioners, were treated for smoke inhalation after the Ambassador Playa was evacuated in the early hours of December 21.
Lawyer Marcos Castañer reached a plea bargain agreement with the state prosecutor on Thursday after its previous request for nine years was lowered to four years and four months.
Dmytruk had been celebrating his 50th birthday at the resort with Spanish friends and his 77-year-old widowed mother and life-long carer Doris O'Brien.
She left for the hotel at 2am but Dmytruk stayed out partying and reportedly did not remember returning to their room before the early morning fire occurred.
At the Provincial court in Alicante Dmytruk pleaded to be allowed to serve his sentence in Britain because his mother was ill with cancer and he wanted to be "closer to her".
Earlier this year Dmytruk was found in a pool of blood by a fellow inmate after slashing his throat and wrist.
"He nearly died," said Mrs O'Brien. "It is disgusting. He has never harmed anybody, never been in trouble with anybody," said the retired factory supervisor from Notts.
Comments
by stefan1958
Saturday, December 22 2012, 5:10PM
“I am the brother of Andrew!
Please let me make you aware of a few facts.
Andrew did not smoke and did not own a lighter or matches.
For two years in remand he has always maintained his innocence.
On the advice of the British Consulate and our Mother he was told if
he pleaded guilty he would be released on time served.
This he did because our Mother is terminally ill with cancer and does
not have long to live.
He wishes to see her before she passes away!
He was set up in my opinion!
Because instead of the three years/time served route, the judge gave him alonger sentence.
Currently the British Consulate and Vernon Coaker among many others are lobbying to have him released to a British prison where he will be
allowed mercy visits.”
by roland
Sunday, December 16 2012, 7:11PM
“Everyone knows that alltnuc is a moronic idiot.”
by sansue
Sunday, December 16 2012, 6:52PM
“""Where someone under age, or mentally under age, is held responsible for a crime it should be their parent or other carer who is prosecuted for letting them commit the crime.
It seems he knew how to start a fire, the fours years in prison might cure him and he is old enough to do the time.
Looks like Spain is a place where if you commit an adult crime you get treated to an adult jail sentence. How can anyone complain about this? It's what we are short of here in the UK.""
Oh. My. God. Where to begin. Do you actually believe this tripe, or are you just after a reaction? Because if you DO actually mean this then I think it is fair to say you are a rather loathsome person.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Saturday, December 15 2012, 1:49PM
“altnut, I am surprised that you believe that someone with a mental age of seven ought to be treated as an adult within the judicial system of any country. You of all people.”
by alltnuc
Saturday, December 15 2012, 1:25PM
“Where someone under age, or mentally under age, is held responsible for a crime it should be their parent or other carer who is prosecuted for letting them commit the crime.
It seems he knew how to start a fire, the fours years in prison might cure him and he is old enough to do the time.
Looks like Spain is a place where if you commit an adult crime you get treated to an adult jail sentence. How can anyone complain about this? It's what we are short of here in the UK.”
by berton
Saturday, December 15 2012, 12:59PM
“This poor man should not be in prison with his condition. Spain ought to remember whose providing the handouts to keep it afloat at the moment and allow him to come home to see his poor old mum.
Failing that, station some warships off gibralatar and send the SAS in to get him out. THese countries should be reminded whose boss.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Saturday, December 15 2012, 12:54PM
“allnut, I suppose you missed the bit in the story where it states that he was not just out with his mother but with friends also?”
by alltnuc
Saturday, December 15 2012, 12:51PM
“Dmytruk, who has been on disability benefits for most of his life
WELL,IT SURE BEATS WORKING!!”
by alltnuc
Saturday, December 15 2012, 10:31AM
“She left for the hotel at 2am but Dmytruk stayed out partying and reportedly did not remember returning to their room before the early morning fire occurred.
A BRITISH man with a mental age of seven
A MENTAL AGE OF SEVEN DRINKING OUT ALONE TILL 2AM=NOT A VERY GOOD MOTHER!!!!”
by alltnuc
Saturday, December 15 2012, 10:31AM
“She left for the hotel at 2am but Dmytruk stayed out partying and reportedly did not remember returning to their room before the early morning fire occurred.
A BRITISH man with a mental age of seven
A MENTAL AGE OF SEVEN DRINKING OUT ALONE TILL 2AM=NOT A VERY GOOD MOTHER!!!!”