The incident occurred at the entrance into Torrenueva, on Saturday the 12th in the evening. Two policemen on traffic duty saw that the approaching car had defective lights and waved him down. The police had explained why the were going to fine him, which was when he punched one of them in the face, causing him to fall to the ground and bang the back of his head on the tarmac. Taken aback by his own violent efficiency, he then threatened the other policeman.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Breakdown Lorry Law Breaker
by Martin Myall •
How many of you have walked up to where you had parked your car to find it missing, replaced by a sniggering sticker on the kerb, informing you that your 4-wheeled sweetheart now nestles in the dungeons of the municipal compound? More than a few.
But then again, how grateful we are to see a breakdown lorry appear when we are stranded on the hard shoulder with an inert and sulking car?
But there is now a third kind of breakdown lorry – or there was until the police arrested its owner/driver: a man who has spent recent years picking up legally parked cars and taking them off to a scrapyard to collect between 100 and 150 euros for each one from an equally crooked scrap-yard owner.
Art Exhibition
by Martin Myall •
There will be an art exhibition at the Centro Civic in La Herradura, running for the 15th to the 30th of this month. Viewing times are from 10.00h to 14.00h, barring weekends, when it will be closed to the public.
Ungrateful Fork
by Martin Myall •
Before you could say, “Peace be amongst you,” one of the two ‘combatants’ has him by the neck and is attempting to throttle him on the ground. Now, things are not going very well for the volunteer that particular evening, but they are set to deteriorate further, because the girlfriend of the aggressor decides that the volunteer needs a spot of cranial perforation and stabs him repeatedly in the head with her generously provided fork.
Guides in Punch Up
by Martin Myall •
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, two tour guides; one a German and the other a Spaniard, slugged it out in front of their respective gaggle of tourists, resulting in the German needing 12 stitches at the local hospital (Spain 1 – Germany 0)
Pepilla in the Cross Hairs
by Editor •
Plenty of people in Salobreña are asking themselves and each other who the hell ‘Pepilla’ is, because somebody has ‘decorated’ the town with graffiti asking where she is – the Town Hall isn’t happy…
Three More National Articles
by Duncan Inglis •
Three more national articles from the November issue, including a tragic road accident, a Guardia officer in trouble and a politician putting his foot in it!
H4H Charity Lunch
by Editor •
On Friday the 25th of November there will be a charity, pre-Christmas lunch held in aid of the Help4Heroes charity.
Car Hire at Gatwick
by Editor •
Cotobro resident, John Wright writes in to both complain and alert other readers to the possible perils of using the car-hire facilities at Gatwick and other airports
Parkinson’s Help on the Coast
by Editor •
The Parkinson’s Association for Granada, which has been operating for 13 years, will provide advice and answer questions, in Salobreña and other coastal towns of Granada.