Juan Carlos Juárez, the Mayor of La Línea, faces a possible 28 years in prison

Juan Carlos Juárez, the Mayor of La Línea, faces a possible 28 years in prison following the presentation on Monday of the private accusation in the Roseworld case.It relates to an allegedly illegal procedure in the sale of municipal land to the company Roseworld and its onward sale to another company at a later date. Juárez also faces a 56 year ban from public office.Another nine people are charged in the case, including three members of the Mayor’s governing team. Canal Sur Radio reports that the text of the papers presented also requests bail of 60,000 € from each of the accused.
The text of the public prosecutor’s submission in the case is not yet known

New Zealander died in hospital alleged that a Briton was the instigator of the attack.

New Zealander died in hospital in Cádiz on Christmas Eve after being involved in a brawl in La Línea on December 19. It is alleged that the victim and a Briton were involved in a row which first broke out in a pub in Gibraltar and then for reasons unknown the pair decided to go to La Línea where the deceased man lived. Eyewitnesses say that the second encounter took place in La Atunara after a further row between the two. The injured man received a heavy blow to the head. Although there is a hospital in La Línea he was transferred to the Cádiz hospital which has better facilities for dealing with very serious brain injuries. No details about the nature of the fight have been released. However on the Monday after the assault, four days after the incident, the family of the injured man made an official report at the National Police HQ in La Línea. They alleged that the other Briton was the instigator of the attack.

Brit arrested for exposure

National Police in La Línea have arrested a 54-year-old British national of Indian origin for allegedly exposing himself to a child in the town. He was reported to the police by a neighbour after he habitually appeared nude and making obscene gestures by his window while a neighbour’s five-year-old daughter was in his clear view on the balcony.