5 Oct, 2006 @ 08:30
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Singer released after child murder charges dropped

A FLAMENCO singer who was arrested after he tried to set fire to a child has been released without charges.

Miguel Flores, also known as Capullo de Jerez, walked free from court in Jerez de la Frontera after the child’s family decided not to proceeed with the case.

Flores was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on September 30 after he allegedly sprayed the child, a 22 month old girl, with petrol in the Asunción area of the town following a fight he had had with the girl’s father the previous night.

Eyewitnesses told police how Flores, 52, had approached the girl and her mother in the street and sprayed them both with the petrol from a plastic bottle.

The singer then lit a match and tried to set fire to the two.

Several neighbours restrained the singer, who was later arrested at his home and spent four days in a police cell.

However, the singer was released on October 3 after the family instructed their lawyer to drop all charges.

The wife and a neighbour of Flores had earlier told judges that the girl and her mother had accidentally been sprayed with petrol after the singer had covered himself with the liquid in a suicide bid.

Flores still has to report to police on the first of every month while judges decide if he should still be tried for attempted murder.

The singer has so far released three albums: Este Soy Yo, his debut, appeared in 2000 and was followed three years later by Miguel Flores. In between, the singer released a live album in 2002: Capullo de Jerez en Directo.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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