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Tag Archive for Andalusia
The Spanish region of Andalucia (Andalusia)
How Low Can You Sink?
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Judicial de la Guardia Civil have arrested three men for allegedly slitting the throat of a man and stabbing his wife and two children, aged ten and seven.
Fun Police Nights
by Martin Myall •
There are parts of Motril where a tourist will never tread – not wittingly, at least – and there are families there whose members are not keen on being arrested… not keen at all. The following incident highlights this.
IBI Up Again in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
The Salobreña Town Council has approved an increase in the IBI (property tax) From 0.4% to 1.0%, which, according to the IU (left wing) party, makes the total increase so far as 40%.
Tesorillo Drowning
by Martin Myall •
Divers belonging to the Guardia Civil managed to recover the body of a drown man, entangled in an illegal net of Playa El Tesorillo, Almuñécar, Costa Tropical.
Not Fun
by Martin Myall •
A 53-year-old motorcyclist not only came off his bike on the A-92, which is painful at the best of times, but a lorry ran over him. He must have been thinking how lucky he was that the wheel passed either side of him, but then his leather jacket snagged on the chassis and off they all went.
Castell Chiringuito Fire
by Martin Myall •
Castell de Ferro’s Chiringuito Bajamare was completely gutted by fire. According o the Mayor, Eloy Marín, said that there had been a previous attempt to torch the chiringuito on Playa Cambriles, but which the Motril Fire Service had managed to put out before it could do much damage.
False Rape Claim
by Martin Myall •
The Policia Nacional have managed to uncover a false, rape claim by an 18-year-old girl in Granada. A passer-by had found her behind a parked car, in front of a high school at 06.45h, last Sunday morning. She told him that she had been beaten and raped. However, when the man went to find her some water, she disappeared, only to report having been raped later directly to the police.
Teenage Torment
by Martin Myall •
Three 14-year-old girls have been charged with extortion, harassment and theft – their alleged victim was a 12-year-old girl.
The three ‘bullies’ decided to skip classes at their secondary school in Guadix and use this acquired ‘free time’ to torment the younger girl after tricking her into accompanying them to an abandoned house. They told her that it would be fun, but it turned out to be hell.
Knock Knock II
by Martin Myall •
In an almost ‘deja vu’ incident, the Granada Policía Local found that 61-year-old J.G.M.M. had beaten a hole through a wall to gain access to the same flat that he had tried to break into before.