A DUTCH court has acquitted Sanil B for his role in the death of Carlo Heuvelman, 27, who died in a nightclub brawl in Mallorca in 2021. Sanil B, 22, had been convicted of manslaughter by the Central Court of the Netherlands in 2022 after a judge determined he landed the fatal blow that killed […]
TRIBUTES have poured in for an Irish father found dead in a ‘pool of blood’ in the Canary Islands. Dean Dobbin, 32, from County Down, died from a massive head injury on Monday after celebrating St Patrick’s Day. His body was discovered by a cleaner at the Colina Mar apart-hotel complex in the resort of
LOCAL leaders have called on the Spanish Government to initiate an ambitious rail project from Nerja to Algeciras. Photo: Photo by Fernando Távora and sara-groblechner on Unsplash Axarquia council have unanimously voted for two projects designed to improve transport in the local area. The first is a new link from Caleta de Velez to the
THE husband of Tory peer Michelle Mone has been cleared of fraud and embezzlement charges following a trial in Spain. Doug Barrowman, 58, was facing five and a half years in prison over charges he misappropriated €6.3m from a Spanish cable factory ‘for illicit benefit’ in 2008. Prosecutors had alleged that Barrowman profited from a
SPANISH tennis star Paula Badosa has admitted that she will play the most difficult match of her career this week when she meets her best friend Aryna Sabalenka on the court this Friday, just days after the world No.2 lost her boyfriend to suicide. Born in New York to Spanish parents, Badosa, 26, will play
ONE in four girls in Spain aged 14 to 17 says they have been a victim of sexual assault or a form of violation in the last year, according to a University of Barcelona report published on Wednesday. In the case of boys, the figure is 11.2%, meaning that 18% of adolescents in the age
AN Austrian swindler who made €9 million from a scam in his native country has been arrested outside his luxury Costa Blanca villa. The man- in his 70s- bought the property with his wife on an up-market development in Teulada. TEULADA STREET Austrian authorities had issued a European Arrest Warrant over several crimes that could
RESIDENTS of the Valencia tower block where a fire claimed 10 lives on February 22 are alleging negligence over the blaze spreading so quickly. The property owners association covering the Campanar district building has a filed a complaint with a Valencia court. It refers to the commission of a ‘crime of damage’ due to ‘serious
SPANISH police have raided the Granada home of disgraced ex-football federation chief Luis Rubiales. Sources have indicated that Rubiales was not arrested and is thought to currently be out of the country. The Guardia Civil has also forcibly searched the Madrid headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) where they are reported to have made
A CAT has died after being ‘badly abused’ and dumped next to a bin on the Costa del Sol, leaving residents outraged. The cat was reportedly dumped this morning. Photo: Fuengirolasequeja/Instagram READ MORE: Vulture ‘takes over’ the balcony of an apartment on Spain’s Costa del Sol: ‘Beautiful’ bird of prey wins legions of fans as
