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Crime & Law

Irishman dies in police custody after being arrested for domestic violence on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Autopsy to be...

AN Irishman arrested for domestic abuse has been found dead in his holding cell on the Costa del Sol. The body of the 30-year-old was...

Man shoots ex-partner dead in Spain’s Malaga before turning weapon on himself

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after a 52-year-old man in Malaga province allegedly shot his ex-partner dead before turning the weapon on...

Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘refused to take lie detector test’, media in Spain reports 

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, the US expat who went missing in Madrid on February 2, has refused to take a lie detector...

WATCH: Terrifying moment gunman opens fire in Marbella’s Puerto Banus: Man is seen running for his life while people...

THIS is the terrifying moment a gunman fired multiple shots in Puerto Banus last night. Footage shared on Instagram page Marbellasequeja shows a black...

Watch: Five arrests after gang steals perfumes from 10 different stores across Spain’s Malaga province

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has arrested five people and is investigating a sixth on suspicions that they were stealing expensive perfumes from a total of...

New shooting in Marbella: Reveller, 20, is shot inside a bar in Puerto Banus in front of shocked British...

A 20-YEAR-OLD man is in hospital today following a shooting inside a bar in Marbella in the early hours of this morning. The unnamed...

Prison workers in Spain’s Catalunya region stage unprecedented protests after female chef killed by inmate

PRISON workers in Spain’s Catalunya region staged an unprecedented protest on Friday, to demand better working conditions in the wake of the shocking murder...

Madeleine McCann suspect attempts to discredit evidence at multiple sex crimes trial: Lawyer for Christian Brueckner suggests child porn...

AN attempt to discredit evidence in the trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner appears to have failed. His lawyer’s claims that evidence against him...

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has...

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a...

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament,...

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even...

Kidnapper from Kazaksthan wanted by Germany arrested on Costa Blanca

A MAN wanted by German authorities to serve a jail term for kidnapping and robbery has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Quesada. The...

Knife-wielding British schizophrenic jailed for attempted murder of young schoolboy in Spain’s Madrid

A mentally-ill British dual-national has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing a six-year-old boy outside the British International Hastings School in Madrid. The assault...

WARNING: Man survives being stabbed in the head while walking his dog on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Teenager...

A MAN was stabbed in the head in an unprovoked attack while out walking his dog in a popular resort on the Costa del...

British woman arrested for reckless homicide after not calling ambulance for THREE days after elderly mother fell and then...

TWO British people have been arrested for reckless homicide after an elderly woman- also British- died in Rojales. The 76-year-old victim suffered a fall while...

Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia

A clandestine laboratory concocting a cannabis extract drug called rosin has been busted by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. 17 people of various...

Thugs in southern Spain set 90-year-old woman’s house ablaze with her inside ‘after she complained about noise coming from...

A 90-year-old woman narrowly escaped death after her home was deliberately set on fire by thugs while she was still inside. It is believed that...

Companies which dumped brine into Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon are fined €2.3million

SIX companies and farmers have been stung with €2.3 million of fines for polluting the Mar Menor lagoon in the Murcia region. The Ministry of...

Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash

A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm's streets. The 33-year-old man has...

British expat, 23, ‘kills baby and seriously injures others’ after ‘driving onto the pavement while high on drugs and...

A BRITISH expat is under investigation after allegedly mowing down a baby and five other people while driving under the influence of drugs and...

Prosecutors in Spain’s Madrid open tax fraud probe into partner of regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso

PUBLIC prosecutors in Madrid have opened a court probe into the activities of the partner of regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso. Alberto Gonzalez Amador...

Irish ‘crime lord’ Daniel Kinahan recommended to be charged with murder of brother of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch in...

THE Irish police have recommended that notorious Irish mafia boss Daniel Kinahan be charged with the 2016 gangland murder of the brother of rival...

‘Biological remains’ were found in Madrid flat of missing US expat Ana Maria Knezevich, as sixth week of disappearance...

SOURCES close to the investigation into the disappearance on February 2 of US expat Ana Maria Knezevich say that they found ‘biological remains’ in...

Nurse in Spain is kicked so hard in the testicles he dies – as figures show attacks on doctors...

DOCTORS are continuing to endure a rising number of physical and verbal assaults in Spain according to figures from the Spanish Medical Association(OMC). The worrying...

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not...

Cleaning lady supplies security alarm codes of homes and shops to robbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLEANING lady supplied two burglars with security alarm code numbers to ease their task of robbing Alicante homes and shops. The trio- in their...

Home viewers of pirated La Liga soccer matches can now be fined individually in Spain

A LANDMARK ruling by a Barcelona judge means that home viewers of pirated feeds of La Liga football matches could be fined. The order of...

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