Tag Archives: Crime and Law

Two British tourists are on trial after allegedly raping an English woman in a hotel in Benidorm, Spain, back in November 2023. The men have been in custody since their arrest 20 months ago despite being granted bail of €5,000 each. They chose to go to jail because they could not afford to pay for their accommodation or other expenses …

Squatters in Spain find ways to get around a new, tougher law that aims to evict the squatters despite promises of a speedy trial. A change to the Criminal Procedure Act technically allows the crimes of ‘usurpation of a home’ and ‘breaking and entering’ to be heard in short hearings within a maximum period of 15 days. The squatters evictions …

A CORRUPTION case involving politicians, real estate developers and other parties began in Alicante Tuesday. 11 defendants are facing jail over licences granted to the building of 293 family homes in Llíber, between 1999 and 2003. The properties were constructed on land that was classified as ‘non-developable’. READ MORE PICTURESQUE LLIBER Jose Juan Reus the mayor of Marina Alta is …

Two former Valencia emergency team bosses will be required to explain why an alert for the flood on October 29 was not sent sooner. Salome Parades (ex-emergencies Minister) and Emilio Argueso (former emergencies chief), have both been ordered to appear before a Catarroja court. In response to criticism directed at both of them and him for their poor response following …

THE Public Prosecutor’s Office wants the Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ case retried and sentencing revoked because the judge was ‘biased’. Rubiales has been convicted of sexual assaulting Jenni Hermoso, a Spanish footballer in 2023. Rubiales kissed her after their team’s World Cup win. The former Spanish football boss was fined €10,800 for the kiss but cleared of coercion. READ MORE Marta …

TANIA Gomez is a Swedish-Spanish mother who was born. She’s one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives. Local newspaper reports that she was arrested last week by the Policia Nacional on February 20, in Tias Lanzarote. Lancelot Digital Since March 2021, Gomez, dubbed a ‘beauty’ by reports in the tabloid media, has been on Europol’s top 50 most wanted list due …

FOOTBALLER Jenni Hermoso is appealing a fine as well as a restraining orders given to the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales. This was due to his controversial kiss following 2023 World Cup Final. Hermoso’s lawyer, Angel Chavarria, said Thursday’s sentence for the sexual assault will be appealed because the player views it as too lenient and …

A MADRID choose will pursue hate crime fees in opposition to a comic who joked about blowing up the Franco-built ‘Valley of the Fallen’ mausoleum cross and stoning paedophile monks. Hector de Miguel- referred to as Queque- made the remarks on the radio station Cadena Sur in June final yr. The case has been introduced in opposition to him by …

The trial of former Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales for the infamous Jenni Hermoso kiss ended on Friday. The judge Jose Manuel Clemente Fernandez Prieto will render a decision and possibly sentence within a few months following the 10 days of testimony in the Madrid area courthouse. The judge made a joke after Rubiales and three other accused of …

Raul Asencio, the wonderkid of REAL Madrid, was introduced last night only hours after he had lost his appeal in Spain to get a case against child pornography thrown out. Asencio faces an investigation over the alleged distribution of a sexually-explicit video that involved a minor. The offense is punishable by between one and five year imprisonment. The 21-year old …