Crimes & Law

VALENCIA footballer, Rafa Mir, has been bailed over an alleged sexual assault on a 25-year-old woman last Sunday morning. The 27-year-old striker was released by a Lliria judge on Wednesday after spending two nights in Guardia Civil cells in Patraix following his arrest on Monday. Also detained- and now bailed- is Mir’s friend, Pablo Jara, the 26-year-old captain of the …

TWO German tourists appeared in court on Monday after causing extensive damage to a hotel in Arenal, a small tourist town south of Palma. The pair of 20-year-old males were arrested by the Policia Nacional after reportedly destroying a mattress, damaging furniture, letting off two fire extinguishers, disturbing other guests and even excreting in a lift at Hotel Leblon on …

THE Policia Nacional have launched an investigation after a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in Denia.  The victim was discovered in a parking garage in the Valencian city, which is located on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast. Sources close to the investigation told newspaper Las Provincias that the man had suffered at least one bullet wound. The garage …

THE Guardia Civil has thwarted the theft of nearly half a tonne of olives in Sevilla province that had been illegally harvested by seven pickers. The workers- all illegally employed- were caught red-handed on a Albaida del Aljaraje farm and had already loaded up 465 kilos of manzanilla-variety olives into vehicles. The group was led by a woman from Paterna …

VALENCIA CF footballer, Rafa Mir, has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault on a woman aged 25. A friend of Mir’s was also detained by the Guardia Civil for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old female. The alleged incidents happened at a private party at Mir’s villa following Saturday’s La Liga match between Valencia and Villarreal. READ MORE: MIR IN ACTION, …

POLICE have declared the death of a young man in the swimming pool of a swanky beach club a tragic accident. Emergency services were called to the Trocadero Sotogrande restaurant in San Roque in the early hours of Sunday morning. Officers from the Guardia Civil found a young employee of the beach club, around 25 years old, unconscious and bleeding …

THUGS accused of gassing British radio DJ Nick Grimshaw before robbing the villa he was staying in have been arrested in Ibiza. Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother Eileen were sedated with gas and robbed while on holiday at a luxury villa on the holiday island. The former BBC Radio 1 breakfast presenter rented the home on the Balearic island last …

A SUSPECTED drug trafficker has died after his boat overturned during a dramatic police chase in southern Spain.  The fatal operation began on Saturday night when the Guardia Civil detected eight ‘narco boats’ entering the Guadalquivir River in Cadiz. The Maritime Service of Cadiz and Huelva gave chase to vessels, aided by a police helicopter. One of the boats, with …

POLICE in Spain have given their top tips on preventing your home from being taken over by squatters. It comes after a surge in so-called okupas across the country in recent years, not helped by recent laws which make it much more difficult to kick them out. But according to the Policia Nacional, there are some steps you can take …

SIR Ben Ainslie, the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, has been robbed of his €20,000 Rolex at knifepoint by thieves in Barcelona. The 47-year-old British yachtsman is currently in the city for the 37th staging of the America’s Cup, sailing’s premier competition. The four-time Olympic gold medallist is CEO and skipper of the INEOS Britannia team, aiming to become …