8 May, 2023 @ 12:45
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Crime wave of armed intruder scaling buildings in Spain’s Malaga dressed as Spiderman supervillain curtailed

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AN armed intruder who scaled apartment buildings and terrified occupants by dressing as a Spiderman villain has been brought back to earth by police.

The barmy burglar would climb buildings and enter apartments through windows and then threaten the occupants with a knife – all the while wearing a horrifying, sharp-fanged Venom mask.

The villainous impersonator even tied up and gagged a traumatised old woman in her eighties before ransacking her house.

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TERRIFYING: This was the visage people relaxing at home were suddenly confronted with when the intruder entered their home wielding a knife

Police from the Robbery Unit initiated operation ‘Spider’ after receiving reports of four burglaries in the La Palmilla district of Malaga in just two days.

After an operation that involved the help of forensics experts, a 39-year-old man with a history of similar offences was finally tracked down and arrested.

Among the seized items were the supervillain mask, other clothing used during the robberies, a bladed weapon, several mobile phones, a television, and some jewellery.

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Walter Finch

Walter Finch, is the Digital Editor of the Olive Press and occasional roaming photographer who started out at the Daily Mail.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his NCTJ diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk due to previous experience as a camera operator and filmmaker.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.

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