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Two British men convicted of murder
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MALAGA Provincial Court has sentenced two British men, a father and son, to a total of 30 years imprisonment, after they were convicted by a jury trial of the murder of their former employer, who was also British.
The men, who denied the charges, have also been ordered to pay the victim’s family 185,400 euros in compensation. The jury heard how the younger of the two men had worked for the victim but was fired in 2005, leading to a degree of animosity existing between the two, which eventually was to result in murder.
The younger man apparently set up a meeting with his former employer in Cartama, where he struck him on the head with a blunt instrument and tied him up.
The two accused then took his body to an area known as Arroyo Pedro de la Torre, in Alora, and threw it down a well with a cement block attached to it. The victim’s credit card was taken and the two men used it to withdraw money after his death.
Burglar caught after ‘spectacular’ high-speed chase
A NOTORIOUS criminal who is thought to have burgled a property and fled in a stolen vehicle has been arrested again in Málaga. Two police officers were injured when they tried to arrest him after a spectacular car-chase through the north of the city.
Police say he broke into the property whilst the owners were sleeping and used the family car to escape. He stole three mobile phones, a laptop computer, 130 euros in cash and various other personal effects.
After being pursued at high speed by the police, the 45-year-old Málaga resident was cornered after police shot at his tyres to stop him.
They say the arrested man threatened officers with a knife when they tried to handcuff him. He is said to have been detained on 18 previous occasions for offences of a similar nature.
Ex-mayor on trial for offences against environment
A FORMER mayor is facing prison for permitting a rubbish dump to be etablished which polluted a nearby stream.
Juan Pedro G., former leader of Ojén, Málaga, is on trial this week charged with crimes against the environment.
According to the prosecution service, which has applied for a six-month jail sentence, the dump was used to dispose of certain construction materials containing toxic chemicals, fire-extinguishers, batteries, fridge gas tanks, oil cans, furniture and scrap metal.
The prosecution alleges that, not only did such waste present a health-hazard to the general public but that a local stream, known as El Arroyo Segundo, was polluted as a result.
In addition to a custodial sentence the ex-mayor faces a fine of 15 euros per day for a year and be forced to pay the costs to undo the damage that has been caused to the stream.
Landlord locks tenant in flat
A 33-YEAR-OLD Nigerian man has been arrested in Malaga for illegally detaining a tenant who owed him money for damage caused to the home he owns in Avenida de Barcelona.
Police arrived at the house to find the 27-year-old Nigerian man with a friend, who was acting as an interpreter. They said that the landlord had locked him in the living room for two hours, forbidding him to enter his bedroom or leave the flat, saying he had caused damage to the house which he had to pay for.
The tenant suggested he keep the money he had given him two years before as a deposit, which the landlord refused, saying he was owed a lot more. The 27-year-old told police he was frightened, as the man, who has a criminal record, had hit him when he tried to leave the flat.
Teen imprisoned for money-laundering
A TEENAGER has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison on charges of with money-laundering. A Malaga court heard that Ceuta-born M.A.M., 19 years, acquired a number of goods between 1998 and 2001, valued at 56,615 euros, despite having no income, not being registered on the Social Security system and not in receipt of jobseekers’ allowance.
Customs investigations had revealed that he bought a 42,000-euro boat, a Mercedes worth more than 4,000 euros, and a Yamaha motorcycle, among other assets.
A judge, awarding a 21-month jail sentence, said the accused knew the money he was spending was illegally acquired although he claimed to be unaware that it was amassed through drug-dealing.
Man faces 15 year sentence
MALAGA Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for 15 years in prison for a 41-year-old British man, accused of killing his flatmate in Torremolinos.
He denies having committed the crime, although he says he hid the body because it had begun to smell. The victim, who was a friend of his father’s, was struck on the head once and stabbed 13 times, mainly in the neck, chest, stomach and back. The accused had been living with the victim in a rented house in the Los Alamos area for two weeks in May 2006, when the man was murdered.
He claims that, when he arrived at the house, two men, whom he could not identify, knocked him unconscious. When he came to, they had left and he found his flatmate dead.
He claims that he did not call the police as he was living under a false name, having escaped from a UK prison in 2004, where he had been sentenced to life for possession of firearms and causing bodily harm. He said that he was more worried about getting away than of any involvement in the man’s death.
He cleaned up the blood and hid the body, putting towels, mattresses, the base of a bed and some pillows against the door. He was not arrested until February 2007.
The defence lawyer is asking for a verdictof not guilty, as there is no concrete proof against him and the case is based purely on suspicion and his criminal record. If found guilty, he will also have to pay 180,000 euros in compensation.
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