‘Madame’ off the hook
A WOMAN accused of running a brothel from a rented villa in Marbella has been acquitted. The court considered that the woman was in charge of the villa and was under the orders of another person. Taxi...
View ArticleHigueron suitcase murder comes to trial
THE trial by jury began in Malaga of three men, two Colombian and one Cuban, accused of murdering a Colombian in April 2007. The victim’s dismembered body was found in a suitcase in El Higueron...
View ArticleIllegal party stopped in Mijas
POLICE in Mijas stopped a party which was being held at an unfinished villa in the Loma del Flamenco area.
View ArticleAttacker on trial
A MAN is standing trial in Malaga for attempting to kill his former partner in Benalmadena in March 2010 by stabbing her five times and dousing her in petrol, intending to set her on fire in the car...
View ArticleADANA Shelter break-in
ANIMAL Rights Association, ADANA, has reported that the equipment with which they work to find homes for the dogs they pick, has been stolen from the shelter in Estepona.
View ArticleMan wrongly imprisoned after drugs found in car
A MALAGA businessman, 41, has spent 17 days in prison after eight kilos of drugs were found hidden in a car he bought 10 years ago and which he claimed to know nothing about. He was returning from the...
View ArticleMarbella strangler says he killed ex-girfirend in Italy
A PERUVIAN man on trial for strangling a woman in Marbella has admitted he is wanted in Italy for killing his former partner. He claims he put her body in a suitcase, dumped it and came to Spain....
View ArticleJewellery shop owner scares off armed robbers
THE owner of a jewellery shop in Alhaurin de la Torre made two armed robbers flee after telling them that her husband had activated the alarm and that the police were on their way. The two men entered...
View ArticleElderly man killed for €7
TWO people have been arrested accused of killing a man, 63, in Tolox, in March last year. They allegedly hit him on the head 30 times with a hammer and got away with €7. The man, a resident of Tolox...
View ArticleWoman fined for false rape report
A WOMAN in Motril (Granada) was fined €540 for making a false report after claiming she was raped by two men. In May 2009, after finding she was pregnant, she went to a local court and claimed she had...
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