18 May, 2010 @ 18:05
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Mum killer horror in Spain

A BRITISH mother has confessed to killing her two young children in Spain.

The woman, aged in her 30s, told police that she murdered her eleven-month-old son and five-year-old daughter.

The family were staying at the four-star Hotel Miramar in the coastal town of Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava.

It is rumoured that the mother – believed to be mentally disturbed – may have suffocated the toddlers.

She alerted reception at 2pm about what had taken place, but the children were already dead when the ambulance arrived.

The British Embassy has also launched its own inquiry into the deaths.

“We are in contact with the Spanish police but because the children are minors we cannot say much,” said a Foreign Office spokesperson.

Lloret de Mar, 45 kilometres north of Barcelona, is a popular destination for British holidaymakers.

A spokesman for the travel association, Abta, said: “It’s very popular with the British. It’s a very traditional Spanish resort, similar to Benidorm and Torremolinos.”

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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