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A SUN-DRENCHED city on the Costa Blanca is in mourning this weekend after a three-year-old girl was killed by her own father in a suspected act of so-called ‘vicarious violence’. The unnamed man, 40, is believed to have murdered his…
A DODGY past for a British expat caught up with him after he was detained on an International Arrest Warrant at Alicante-Elche airport. He was wanted for offences committed in the UK between 2018 and 2022 when he worked as…
THREE men have been arrested for robbing 50 homes in the Murcia region and on the Costa Blanca. In February, Guardia Civil investigators detected a vehicle used by the suspects in Lorca. A high-speed chase ensued leading to the arrest…
THE rape conviction of a Costa Blanca-based British charity worker for a crime dating back 30 years has prompted fears many more victims could come forward. Justice finally caught up with Steven Monk-Dalton, 56, this month after he was sentenced…
By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch EXPAT fashion boss Jody Smart has lost her appeal against a fraud conviction for her role in the Continental Wealth Management pension scandal. Despite being implicated in the massive €35 million fraud that saw…
BENIDORM is clamping down on shop window and street displays featuring items with obscene messages in English and Spanish. T-shirts are among the main offenders and the council now wants businesses to clean up their act. Slogans of mainly a…
VETERAN Irish gangster John Gilligan cut a sorry figure as he signed on at a Costa Blanca courthouse today – his first appearance since being released on €10,000 bail last month. The 73-year-old looked a shadow of his former self…
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of €100,000. The gang leader was detained in Benferri in July, with computer equipment removed from…
RESIDENTS of an Alicante urbanisation are breathing a sigh of relief after a gang of squatters who threatened them and their pets appear to have left. No sign of them has been seen in over a week, but they appear…
A TEENAGER trailed a woman home from a supermarket before knifing her during a bungled robbery in her Torrevieja doorway. The victim, 58, resisted the 19-year-old Moroccan man who wanted to steal her phone and a gold chain. He stabbed…
