The law courts in Torrox are also processing another case involving a dispute resulting in a man of German nationality, who allegedly caused the death of a 50-year-old neighbour.

The argument erupted over the ownership of olive-harvesting equipment which the German had attempted to remove from the land of the victim. The confrontation grew from a heated argument into a physical fight, resulting in the Spaniard ending up in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Carlos Haya in Malaga. However, after two days of being in a coma, the he died.

M.G.B. said in his defence before the judge that while he admits that the two had argued, he denied having hit the other man in the chest with considerable force – which caused profuse internal bleeding.

This blow to the chest, coupled to several equally hard ones to the face, resulted in the man’s eventual death. The victim had been taken to the medical centre by his German, female companion.

(News: Frigiliana, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)