Ex-soldier shoots wife dead with rifle from terrace before killing himself outside ex-wife’s home in Spain’s Andalucia One neighbour said: ‘I do not understand how a human being can do such a thing’ 18 Jul, 2019 @ 16:22 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Expat Marbella restaurant owner and bikini-model girlfriend arrested on money laundering and drug charges as Costa del Sol home raided The pair, who reportedly met in London before 'falling in love in Ibiza', are being held in prison in Helsinki 18 Jul, 2019 @ 16:09 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Blood-soaked man arrested after allegedly stabbing dad to death before taking bus to hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol Uniformed and plainclothes officers arrested the man, before transferring him to a health centre, where he remained under police supervision 17 Jul, 2019 @ 19:08 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Woman held on suspicion of bludgeoning her sleeping dad to death and knifing mum in back on Spain’s Costa del Sol The woman fled the scene and was found on a Malaga industrial estate in a state of shock by a relative shortly after 17 Jul, 2019 @ 11:55 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Drug smuggler held in Spain after hiding half a kilo of cocaine under toupee Arriving at Barcelona airport from Bogota, the Colombian man attracted suspicion with a disproportionately large hairpiece under his hat 16 Jul, 2019 @ 13:50 Crime & Law·Lead
Young woman arrested after ‘stabbing man in face with fork’ in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village She was charged with wounding, and spent the night in a cell, before her appearance in Magistrates’ Court this morning 16 Jul, 2019 @ 11:02 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Alicante rapist jailed for 12 years after claiming asylum seeker, 26, could not report him because she was an ‘illegal immigrant’ A CONVICTED criminal has been sent back to prison for 12 years after raping an asylum seeker and claiming she couldn’t denounce him ‘because she 16 Jul, 2019 @ 03:38 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
British man, 46, arrested after stabbing 20-year-old at 11AM in a bar in Alfaz del Pi on the Costa Blanca A BRITISH man, 46, has been detained after stabbing a 20-year-old at 11am in a bar in Alfaz del Pi. The men, both British, were 15 Jul, 2019 @ 17:45 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
British carers given four years in jail for defrauding elderly couple of €270,000 in Alicante – but will KEEP €100,000 of stolen cash A BRITISH couple who were caring for an elderly pair have been given four years in jail after an Alicante court found they had ‘fraudulently’ 15 Jul, 2019 @ 17:00 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Two men using fake €500 notes ‘so good they were undetectable by machines’ caught after blowing 15 of them in an Alicante casino TWO men have been arrested in Alicante for using fake €500 bank notes so good they were ‘undetectable by machines’. The sting came after the 15 Jul, 2019 @ 12:00 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Spanish man arrested over rape of British teenage girl in park in Spain The pair are reported to have met during a night out in the city 15 Jul, 2019 @ 08:53 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: Spanish school teacher’s vile RACIST rant at black British men on Spain train, calling them ‘monkeys’ and ‘f**king Africans’ The men also speak Spanish to the woman, but she says that she, ‘doesn't understand anything’ 13 Jul, 2019 @ 10:03 Crime & Law·Lead
Spain’s Government SEIZES former dictator General Franco’s €5 million summer palace over its ‘fraudulent’ sale It comes as Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE administration has pushed on with a plan to exhume the remains of the Fascist dictator 12 Jul, 2019 @ 13:22 Crime & Law·Lead·National News
Brit, 20, robbed of €400 by ‘hugger muggers’ in Benidorm on day one of first-ever lads’ holiday A BRIT has been robbed of €400 by a gang of women in Benidorm on day one of his first-ever lads’ holiday. Alex Ayland, 20, 11 Jul, 2019 @ 16:28 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
British expats arrested and fined in new crackdown on ‘pirate taxis’ at Malaga airport Policia Local launched a new summer operation to combat the so-called ‘pirate taxis’ last month 11 Jul, 2019 @ 14:31 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Police probe in Spain’s Andalucia after ILLEGAL zoo with turtles, ostriches and porcupines BUSTED It comes after cops found fake permits for at least 14 animals at facilities in Villafranca de los Barros in February 11 Jul, 2019 @ 10:12 Crime & Law·Lead·Nature
Spanish policeman ‘hero’ in New York after saving US officer from violent assault A SPANISH policeman holidaying in New York has been applauded as a ‘hero’ after he saved a US officer from a violent assault. Ruben Castillo, 10 Jul, 2019 @ 11:14 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
‘WRONG MESSAGE’: Young man who accidentally killed drug addict while stopping him from robbing helpless cleaner on Spain’s Costa del Sol given two-year prison sentence and HUGE fine The robber had beaten the hotel worker and made off with her handbag, causing the bystander to give chase 9 Jul, 2019 @ 12:37 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Irish teenage lad raped by two men in Spain holiday hotspot The shaken tourist was examined at Son Espases Hospital in Palma where doctors confirmed injuries sustained from a sex attack 8 Jul, 2019 @ 15:47 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Police hunt gunmen who opened fire on bouncers at Marbella club that hosted Paris Hilton and Antonio Banderas It comes after the shooting of Dutch and Belgian revellers in the same car park last year 8 Jul, 2019 @ 11:49 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Chaos ensues with new laws on Spanish mortgage loans, writes Lawbird’s Antonio Flores Now imagine a foreign buyer who speaks no Spanish and a notary who speaks only Spanish and you have a deal-breaker 6 Jul, 2019 @ 16:05 Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Columnists·Crime & Law
OPINION: Vulnerable people being robbed in hospital beds on the Costa del Sol is an absolute disgrace The hospital also make it more difficult to report thefts to the police as they have refused to document the crimes 6 Jul, 2019 @ 12:30 Crime & Law·Malaga·Opinion
Irish expat devastated after being robbed while asleep in hospital bed on Spain’s Costa del Sol The hospital meanwhile, has refused to give Paula a formal letter confirming the phone has been stolen, making it difficult to report the issue to 6 Jul, 2019 @ 10:01 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
OPINION: After it emerged taxi rapist John Worboys is learning Spanish in prison, we must not let him into Spain Worboys would be among the sickest and most dangerous expat criminals to have ever inhabited this country 5 Jul, 2019 @ 15:19 Crime & Law·Opinion
VICTORY: British man FINALLY released without charge after being locked up with terrorists for over a YEAR near Spain’s Costa del Sol e Chichester man was cuffed after he stayed at a rental apartment in San Roque, where police seized the €5.5 million worth of drugs from 5 Jul, 2019 @ 14:14 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Royal Marines in Gibraltar detain oil tanker on way to Syria Fabian Picardo commended the bravery of the marines involved in the operation to detain the vessel 4 Jul, 2019 @ 09:50 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics