Guernsey man dies in hang gliding accident in Teba, Málaga

 

59 year old James Berryman from Guernsey has died in a hang-gliding accident in Spain. He was undergoing a course at a hang-gliding school in Algondonales in Cádiz and was fatally injured when practicing last Wednesday near Teba in Málaga province. He suffered severe head injuries after falling 150m on to a rocky hillside. He was rushed by helicopter to the Clinico Hospital in Málaga, and then by Ambulance to the Carlos Haya hospital, but he died of his injuries on Friday. It’s understood the school is approved by the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association and they say they will be carrying out an investigation as James was one of their members.

Belgian Consul in Málaga, Claude de Hennin run over by a British resident in his car at the doors of the Belgium Consulate in Mijas.

Belgian Consul in Málaga, Claude de Hennin, who has lived in Spain for 41 years says he still cannot believe how he was attacked after an argument with his neighbours on Monday.He claims that he was run over by a British resident in his car at the doors of the Belgium Consulate in Mijas. Diario Sur reports he says he saw a child about five years old with a woman by the exit to the parking area and warned them he was about to drive out. The woman then turned to insult him in English, and he turned away and went inside.Later in the street though a British man with a dog came up to him and continued the insults. The Consul then called the local police and while he was waiting for them to arrive, the British man got into his British plated car to get away. The 70 year old Consul tried to block his escape, but the man started the car and ran into him, causing bruising to his right leg and arm.He said he wanted to thank the Guardia Civil, Local Police and doctor for his treatment and hoped that the case would be resolved quickly so he could forget about it all.

Would-be bank robber who waited patiently in line for more than 10 minutes for his turn at the cash desk

Would-be bank robber who waited patiently in line for more than 10 minutes for his turn at the cash desk last Friday was overpowered by other customers queuing up at the branch in Málaga City, Diario Sur reports.His attire in the recent warm weather had already given some cause for suspicion: a cap with a visor pulled down to cover the upper part of his face, and a high-necked pullover covering part of his chin. Suspicions were confirmed when he responded to the cashier’s question of ‘How may I help you?’ with the reply, ‘I’ve come to rob the bank’, pulling out a large knife from his pocket.Customers in the queue managed to force him to the ground and hold him there until police arrived on the scene. He turned out to be a regular client of the branch and is noted by Sur to be under treatment for psychiatric problems.

Marbella Casino theft arrests

The man then admitted involvement in a theft from Marbella Casino. A Málaga man, named with the initials A.J.R.E. has been arrested in connection with a robbery at the Casino in Marbella. The man went to the police station to renew his D.N.I. identity card, but as the official keyed in his data his named was flagged as he was wanted for questioning. He soon found himself in the cells and confessed to his involvement in the crime. It’s not as strange an occurrence as you may think. National Police say they arrested another man on the same day in the same circumstances.

Málaga man has been arrested by the police for growing marihuana plants on his terrace.

27 year old Málaga man has been arrested by the police for growing marihuana plants on his terrace. Police seized 40 kilos of the plants and say that they were being grown also in two rooms of the property where as many as 14 time switches controlled heaters, ventilators and automatic watering systems.The arrested man is reported to have been running a seed business and the raid came after an anonymous tip-off to the police.

42-year-old man was arrested in Málaga yesterday three hours after phoning to warn that a bomb had been placed on a Swiss International Airbus 321

42-year-old man was arrested in Málaga yesterday three hours after phoning to warn that a bomb had been placed on a Swiss International Airbus 321 travelling from from Zurich to Málaga. None of the 141 passengers were injured as they were made to evacuate the plane at Geneva airport using the emergency escape chutes. As a result of the incident, the runway was closed for around ninety minutes, forcing eight other flights to be either cancelled or diverted to Lyon.
The man, who was seized at his home on the Avenida Salvador Allende, has been charged with public disorder

Málaga waiter stabbed

waiter in a Málaga restaurant was stabbed after he asked a beggar to stop bothering his customers. The vagrant smashed plates on the floor before picking up a table knife and attacking the 26-year-old waiter who was not seriously injured. Catering workers have complained that city centre beggars constitute an on-going problem but that complaints to the town hall bring no solution.

6,000 euros cash robbery in Malaga

case of robbery of recently withdrawn cash has been recorded in Málaga. Two thieves relieved a man of 6,000 euros which he had just taken out of a city centre bank at lunchtime last Friday. The pair, reported to have South American accents, felled their victim with a blow to the legs before snatching the money and fleeing.

Baltasar Garzón, travelled to Málaga those arrested in‘operación Troika’ face charges of illegal association, money laundering,

Baltasar Garzón, travelled to Málaga where he ordered one of the people arrested in the city, Spanish woman Leocadia Martín, to jail without bail on money laundering and other charges, and extended the detention time of Svetlana Kousmina, a Russian woman, wife to one of the men arrested in Marbella as part of the case. In Málaga provinces searches were carried out in Marbella, Estepona, Málaga City, Torrox and Nerja with another one of the heads, Alexander Malyshev being arrested at his home in Frigiliana.he has released four of those arrested as part of the ‘operación Troika’ against the Russian mafia in Spain, sending another person to prison and extending the detention time for a further 13 people after his questioning carried out over the weekend.
The interrogations continue today of the twenty people in total who were arrested in Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, and Málaga. Those still in custody are being held in the cells of the National Court in Madrid, and the judicial order for the case will be made public later today.
It is now reported that at least 15 million € worth of assets have been impounded in the case, but that sum does not include the bank accounts of those arrested.
Among those being held is Gennadios Petrov, considered by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor as the head of one of the most dangerous Russian mafias in the world, and who was arrested in his mansion at Calviá on Mallorca.Police have impounded several luxury cars which belonged to some of the accused, along with 12 million € in cash and dozens of yachts and luxury villas. The investigation by the Anticorruption Prosecutor and the Judicial Police started more than two years ago and has resulted in 20 arrests so far.
All those arrested face charges of illegal association, money laundering, and the falsification of public, mercantile and tax documents, which under the Penal Code means sentences of between six and nine years.

Courts in Málaga are taking as long as four years to hear cases

Courts in Málaga are taking as long as four years to hear the most simple of cases, according to a report in the Diario Sur newspaper today. The number is noted by the General Council for Judicial Power, the body which oversees the judiciary in Spain, which notes that things are particularly bad in Estepona, Marbella and Fuengirola.
The other side of the coin is in Antequera where cases are generally completed in some eight to ten months.The Deacon of the Málaga Lawyers College, Manuel Camas, noted that the situation was worse than a year ago along the Costa del Sol, and that in his opinion, prove that resources in the province are seriously lacking.

Robbing the money from the collection box placed where the faithful go to light a candle.

Security cameras at the San Juan Bautista Church in Coín, Málaga, have allowed the Civil Guard to identify who was responsible for robbing the money from the collection box placed where the faithful go to light a candle. Three women, two sisters and another local woman, all of them Spanish, were recorded making off with the collection, estimated at 120 €, and what’s more all three turned round to face directly into the camera. The recording shows how one kept watch while the other two broke the padlock.

Juan Antonio Roca allowed to walk away from jail in Málaga on bail of one million euros.

Juan Antonio Roca, who amassed a 200-million euro fortune after allegedly awarding building licences in exchange for money, has been on remand since his arrest on March 31, 2006.
Now, magistrate Óscar Pérez will allow him to walk away from jail in Málaga on bail of one million euros.Fears persist, however, that the former chaffeur turned town planning chief will flee Spain after the state prosecutor claimed he had clandestine bank accounts in tax havens around the globe. Explaining his decision to give bail, judge Óscar Pérez said: “Disregarding the reasonable suspicion that Roca has hidden funds abroad, he has important financial interests to defend here.
“Furthermore, he has a wife and children and he has always lived in Spain.”
After Roca’s arrest in Operation Malaya, police confiscated original works of art, a helicopter and even a stud farm – all apparently amassed during his time at the town hall of the resort, which is popular with the nouveua riche of northern Europe and Russia.So far, 86 people, including councillors, constructors and even a former professional footballer, have been arrested during the Malaya investigation.

Lottery Scam’

14 Nigerians and 1 Chilean have been arrested by Police at Málaga following investigations into a ‘Lottery Scam’. Victims received letters, sometimes at their home address abroad, informing them they had won a lottery and were asked to supply bank details and a small ‘transfer fee’. Investigators have estimated that the proceeds from their joint operations could have exceeded six million euros in 12 months. As well as 43 mobile telephones and a quantity of cash, officers confiscated false documentation used for opening bank accounts. Into these accounts, 19,000 euros had been transferred from abroad by victims of the fraud, while a total of 100,000 euros had been transferred within two months into 15 other accounts. The police are now appealing for anyone who thinks they may been a victim of these gangs to come forward.