Tag: crime
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
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 police and her insurers
OPINION: After it emerged taxi rapist John Worboys is learning Spanish in prison, we must not let him into...
Worboys would be among the sickest and most dangerous expat criminals to have ever inhabited this country
Heartbreaking sketch from Marbella schoolgirl leads to mum’s arrest after it depicts torrent of violent abuse ‘with belt’
The teachers said they feared for the girl’s life and claimed that a mark on her thigh indicated abuse
Andy Murray’s Spanish doubles partner named in Wimbledon match-fixing investigation by police
Feliciano Lopez has denied all allegations against him, and said he had never met those at the centre of the probe
Knifeman attacks and robs retired British expat at his own home in Spain’s Andalucia leaving him hospitalised
The robber made off with the cash before being identified and arrested by police the following day
Spain’s former IMF head to face fresh corruption charges as new crimes come to light
Deals were allegedly offered by senior Bankia figures to public relations firms in return for €2 million in suspected bribes
Brit family arrested after funding Spain holiday through ‘high quality’ fake cash spree
Officers alleged the relatives had obtained €400 by swapping fake pound notes in currency exchanges, and seized £850 in ‘high-value counterfeit £50 notes
‘HUMOUR HAS NO LIMITS’: Man in Spain defends his jokes about little Julen who died down well
If found guilty of the crime of ‘degrading treatment’ the controversial poet could face a prison sentence of between six months to two years
Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders...
Fake roles, accompanying wealthy older women, with salaries of up to €700 per service were promised
SNIFFED OUT: Group in Spain fined €86,000 for cooking stew of protected birds after police smelt it from cliff
The group’s lawyers claimed the meat was lamb, but judges said that defence was ‘not at all credible’
OPINION: British fraud victims in Spain can be hopeful after MPs – who never agree on anything – lend...
Indeed getting more than a handful of MPs to agree on anything these days is certainly no small feat
British soldier and football coach guilty of intent to supply £3,000 of cocaine outside Gibraltar ‘military establishment’
After his initial arrest in February outside a ‘military establishment’ police also used ‘specialised sniffer dogs’ to search two locations
OPINION: How can Mercadona, Spain’s richest supermarket, refuse to beef up security after the spate of crime in its...
It is high time Mercadona started investing some cash into its security or better yet, some training for its staff
Nun in Spain faces three years in prison after changing pensioners’ election ballots from PSOE to PP
She was apparently caught red-handed inserting PP ballots into the envelopes, and documents from the time of the incident have now been handed over to the Office of the Prosecutor
Police believe slain millionaire Marco laundered Kinahan cartel money, as latest Marbella shooting sparks manhunt
49-year-old millionaire Marco Yaqout was shot more than 20 times last January while parking outside his two-storey villa in San Pedro de Alcantara
Marbella seize huge estates worth €6.5 million from disgraced Malaya town planner Roca
One of the properties, the 30 acre Finca Siete Colchones, could now become a sports complex for local residents
Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her
The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body
LAST MAN: Premier League star confronts burglars at Marbella mansion while wife and three kids sleep
The gang fled with some cash and jewellery from the former Argentinian international’s multi-million euro mansion
Caged ISIS terrorist was planning to bomb popular fair on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The 27-year-old had filmed a video at Manilva fair in August 2018 claiming it was his chosen location to carry out the attack
15 arrested as police in Spain SMASH Armenian-led tennis match-fixing ring involving 28 pro players
US Open participant among 83 investigated for tennis match-fixing in Spain
JAIME BOND: Two arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol for 007-style PEN GUN and seven kilos of cocaine
Sean Connery’s Bond uses a similar 9mm rocket-firing pen gun in the film Never Say Never Again (1983)
British ‘gang boss’ arrested for murder in Spain is wanted for 29 crimes and could face 100 years in...
BUSTED: Police caught the man who they think ran an international criminal empire near Tenerife South airportPOLICE...
16 arrested in southern Spain for building ILLEGAL luxury drug compound with high walls and swimming pools
LUXURY: This illegal estate is thought to have hidden the lives of some of Spain's most notorious drug dealers
CLOSE CURTAIN CALL: Costa del Sol pensioner cheats death as curtain stops bullet in ‘submachine gun’ shootout
SAVED: Police told the pensioner that she could have been killed had it not been for her curtain
Judges in Spain let ‘Wolf Pack rapists’ roam free after delaying 9-year sentence for brutal sex attack
FREED: Judges have batted down calls for provisional prison sentences for the convicted 'Wolf Pack' sex attackersTHE...
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