A man and his two sons stand charged with beating handicapped man to death. The Public Prosecutor is recommending 15 years’ imprisonment for each one.
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
Dangerous Brick
by Editor •
In the old days, los cortijeros would build their homes with anything to hand – even with unexploded, civil-war shells, it would seem.
Well Off But Stupid?
by Editor •
Blaming your driving offence on somebody else by giving the police their details instead of yours has its pitfalls, as four wealthy businessmen have discovered.
Catheter Catastrophy
by Editor •
Having a catheter introduced into something more accustomed to expelling urine is painful and guaranteed to make even a saint irritable at the mere thought of having one inserted, but punching the nurse is a tad overboard.
Lawyers on Strike
by Editor •
(Province of Granada) Granada’s lawyers have decided to suspend their services to the state as abogados de turno de servicio; i.e., defence lawyers appointed and paid for by the state where the defendant is unable to pay his own legal fees.
Wrong Car; Wrong Person
by Editor •
Luis García Díaz is not a happy bunny after receiving a traffic fine… for a car that isn’t his and for a traffic incident in a place where he hadn’t set foot in the last ten years.
Not Bright
by Editor •
What about the burglar that hid under the bed and pretended to be unconscious when the police discovered him? Ragingly optimistic of him, no doubt. You can almost imagine the conversation, can’t you?
Bad Day for Mum
by Editor •
(Santa Fe/Granada) Little did Manuela Cordoba suspect, when she left her home in the morning, that by midday she would be mistaken for a bank robber and her son’s toy pistol confiscated…
She was fined 100 euros and had her driving licence confiscated… but we’re getting ahead of ourselves, so let’s start at the beginning.
Banks and Beds
by Editor •
(Granada capital) A 25-year-old man forced the main door of a bank and once inside, decided to bed down for the night next to the managers desk – fair!
Cuddly Phone Companies
by Editor •
(Granada, Vega) How many hard working, honourable people have witnessed their names being included on the non-payers blacklist, destroying their personal credit ratings? How many have found themselves on the black list for a pittance bill that they didn’t even know about or one that really didn’t correspond to reality? Too many, is the sad answer.