26 Sep, 2010 @ 09:00
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Gorrillas in our midst

POLICE in Malaga have started a crack down on unauthorised parking attendants, known as ‘gorrillas’.

Almost a thousand ‘gorrillas’ – who make you pay for finding a parking space – have had reports filed against them this year.

Some 992 warnings have been issued so far, with 209 of those caught red-handed being spotted doing the same thing later that day.

Those caught twice were summoned to court and issued with official warnings.

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

5 Comments

  1. Is this a shake-down or a cry for help? Most of these folks are homeless or out of work. So have a little heart, guys. I think of it as a act of charity vs. a protection racket.

  2. We’ve had them in Dublin for decades but not as many as in Malaga.
    The “Lockhard” man.

    “…dats it missus, your bang on there. now LOCK HARD, LOCK HARD!!!, /jaysus missus, I hope ya have insurance…”

  3. Nick, your keyboards still broken! Your inability to ignore me and keep posting shows that you have a severe personality disorder – the Schofield Syndrome! lol. I’m still waiting for you to moderate the other posts Nick…

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