MALAGA Provincial Court has declared that it will not hear the case against 17 Guardia Civil charged with taking money from passengers at Malaga Airport

MALAGA Provincial Court has declared that it will not hear the case against 17 Guardia Civil charged with taking money from passengers at Malaga Airport in exchange for them getting through customs without questions.

The case has been sent back to a lower court. The officers were arrested in February 2006. Some were due to retire and others had received merits awards."

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76-YEAR-OLD man in Malaga held his cousin hostage in his house for 12 hours

76-YEAR-OLD man in Malaga held his cousin hostage in his house for 12 hours, threatening him with a hunting knife, until Special Ops police broke the door down and rescued the victim, also in his seventies. The detainee has previously been admitted for psychiatric problems.

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MALAGA Public Prosecutor is asking for a seven-year ban from holding public office, one year’s suspension and six months in prison for the mayor of Alhaurin de la Torre, Joaquin Villanova

"MALAGA Public Prosecutor is asking for a seven-year ban from holding public office, one year’s suspension and six months in prison for the mayor of Alhaurin de la Torre, Joaquin Villanova. He allegedly allowed a businessman to run the municipal fairground caseta in exchange for €3,600 in tickets for drinks."

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£5.5m lottery winner flees Spain penniless as bank seizes villa and bar | Mail Online

£5.5m lottery winner flees Spain penniless as bank seizes villa and bar | Mail Online: "When Lawrence Candlish won £5.5million on the National Lottery in 1997 it promised to make his dreams come true, including buying himself the double hip replacement he needed.

The generous factory worker immediately shared his fortune with his many relatives, splashing out £370,000 to buy seven houses in the same street in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear so that they could be close together.

Eventually he moved with his family to Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca to make a new life."

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