An employee of Caja Rural in Granada has been given a 2-year prison sentence and a 1,620-euro fine for misappropriating a customer’s cheque. Read on…
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
Waitress Faces 7 Years for Alleged Bankcard Cloning
by Vivienne Hughes •
The provincial Public Prosecutor is recommending 7-year’s imprisonment for a waitress who allegedly cloned her customers’ bankcards. The incidents took place in September and December 2008 at a restaurant in Churriana de la Vega, near the provincial capital.
It’s Better Inside…
by Hugh MacArthur •
A man was released from detention pending trial for 78 alleged car break-ins and in only two days carried out eight more.
Policemen Charged with Violence without Motive
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Provincial Public Prosecutor has recommended a 3-year prison sentence and a fine of 1,200 euros for two municipal policeman in Granada.
Intimate Exposure
by Martin Myall •
This incident, which took place in Monachil,involves a man who exposed his parts in a bar and then injured three Guardia Civil policemen.
Judge Rejects Policeman’s Wax Claim
by Hugh MacArthur •
A judge has thrown out a policeman’s claim for 14,337 euros in compensation after he slipped on wax left by a Semana Santa procession.
Putting Salt into the Wound
by Vivienne Hughes •
A young 18-year-old lad dropped dead at the sports pavilion, Bola de Oro in Granada on Saturday 9th of November. However, to add insult to injury, a thief broke into his uncle’s parked car outside the hospital and stole the deceased’s possessions.
50 Arrested over Forged Driving Tests
by Hugh MacArthur •
The suspects allegedly charged up to 3,000 euros for a pass mark in the theory test, even though many of the pupils could neither read nor write.
Failing to Protect
by Martin Myall •
The Regional Supreme Court (TSJA) has found the City Hall of Granada guilty of failing to protect a local from decibel contamination. Put another way, the Council did not act against a pub that was making the neighbours’ lives unsupportable.
Car ‘Stolen’ by the Police
by Hugh MacArthur •
Back in 2010 the municipal police in the city of Granada towed a car away and impounded it after finding that it had no insurance. So far, nothing unusual.