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Outrage over ‘appalling’ Christian Brueckner verdict: Public leave court room ‘in disgust’ after Madeleine McCann suspect’s full acquittal – as prosecutors launch appeal

PROSECUTORS in Germany have branded the full acquittal of paedophile Christian Brueckner ‘appalling’. The 47-year-old was cleared of all charges by a judge in Braunschweig

8 Oct, 2024 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Lead

Chaos outside Marbella nightclub after reveller is stabbed in the back during violent brawl

A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been stabbed in the back following a brawl outside a Marbella nightclub. The chaotic scenes occurred on Calle Ribera in Puerto

8 Oct, 2024 @ 11:31

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that a community of home owners can prohibit tourist flats so long as at least three-fifths of them back such

8 Oct, 2024 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is cleared of all charges at unrelated multiple sex crimes trial in Germany

CHRISTIAN Brueckner has been cleared of all charges at his multiple sex crimes trial in Germany. The German paedophile, 47, had been accused of three

8 Oct, 2024 @ 10:13

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s ‘number one safe cracker’ and ‘posh boy’ has ‘fled to Italy’ amid police manhunt

SPAIN’S top safe-cracker is said to have fled to Italy, after a manhunt was launched in connection with two burglaries in Cadiz and Malaga. Alex

7 Oct, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Bad hair day! French thief drops his wig during police chase after ‘stealing bank cards from elderly tourists’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FRENCHMAN has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly targeting elderly foreign tourists at ATM machines. The convicted fraudster is accused of watching his marks

7 Oct, 2024 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Wanted Brit ‘could be anywhere in Spain’: More pics emerge of Thomas Dures as ‘the UK’s FBI’ appeals to expats with a €24,000 reward

Have you seen Dures? Contact tips@theolivepress.es

5 Oct, 2024 @ 13:42

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Watch: Brit is robbed of his €80,000 Rolex in Spain’s Mallorca – police make two arrests

TWO Italians who stole a Rolex watch from a British tourist visiting Magaluf in April, have been arrested after returning to Mallorca to carry out

4 Oct, 2024 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Drug mule, 76, is among three passengers arrested for ‘trying to smuggle 200kg of cocaine into Madrid airport’

AN ELDERLY drug mule, 76, was among three people arrested at Madrid airport on Sunday for trying to 200 kilos of cocaine into Spain. The

3 Oct, 2024 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Fake El Greco painting is seized in Spain just before selling for €1.3m: Owner claimed he bought ‘genuine’ piece for €200 at a flea market

THE Policia Nacional’s Historical Heritage division has acquired a fake painting being marketed as an El Greco masterpiece with a sale price of €1.3 million.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘We all suspected there were drugs in the containers’: Dark turn in mystery of the German couple who vanished in Barcelona’s most dangerous neighbourhood

A GERMAN couple who disappeared in a crime-ridden neighbourhood of Barcelona may have been fleeing from debts they had built up with international cocaine traffickers.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Who’s a clever boy! Expert police dog Scottex wins medal of honour after working some of Spain’s biggest cases – this is his specialty

A DOG that can sniff a human body from over 100 metres away has been awarded a medal of honour by the Policia Nacional after

2 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

A GANG operating a marijuana farm took complex measures to avoid being discovered in San Vicente del Raspeig, but could’nt stop neighbours smelling the drug’s

2 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Manchester City star is arrested in Spain for ‘stealing a fan’s phone’ in a nightclub toilet after they ‘took a picture of him without consent’

MANCHESTER City’s Matheus Nunes was arrested last month after allegedly stealing a mobile phone while at a Madrid nightclub. The Portuguese midfielder was held at

2 Oct, 2024 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead

Relief for Estepona family as Kinahan-linked British boxer, 24, is convicted of murder for stabbing son, 19, to death during cocaine-fuelled road rage attack in Spain

A YOUNG British boxer who stabbed a Spanish teenager to death and fled Spain four years ago has been found guilty of murder. Lewis Briggs,

1 Oct, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Carer in Alicante who stole €31,000 from a patient in her 80s is jailed

AN ALICANTE carer has been given a 21-month-jail sentence for stealing €31,000 from her elderly client. The convicted woman took her employer’s bank card to

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law

Brit wanted in Spain: UK police offer €24,000 reward for arrest of Thomas Dures as they appeal directly to expat community

Have you seen Thomas Dures in Spain? Contact tips@theolivepress.es BRITISH police are offering a £20,000 (€24,000) reward for information that leads to the arrest of

1 Oct, 2024 @ 15:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Man who ‘poisoned his friend’s shot with a corrosive substance’ is arrested in Valencia

A SPANIARD has been arrested for allegedly giving his friend a poisoned liquor shot which hospitalised him for several days. The Guardia Civil in Valencia

1 Oct, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Manhunt is launched for ‘posh boy’ son of Italian MP who became Spain’s number one safe cracker

BY all appearances, Alex Di Francesco (pictured above) had a childhood that many could only dream of. As the son of an Italian politician and

1 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Wolf pack’ in Spain accused of raping three women, including a disabled friend, face 200-year prison sentence – as twisted details emerge

MEMBERS of a so-called ‘wolf pack’ (La Manada) accused of raping three women in Spain are facing a combined prison term of just under 200

30 Sep, 2024 @ 15:58

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Estate agent who shot British expat, 80, to death inside her Alicante villa is jailed

A WOMAN, 48, has been jailed for 15 years after an 80-year-old British widow was shot dead at the front door of her Elche area

30 Sep, 2024 @ 15:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Daylight shooting in centre of tourist-packed Malaga leaves six people injured: Police make four arrests

SPANISH police have made four arrests following a dramatic shooting in Malaga at the weekend. At least six people were injured following a suspected shoot-out

30 Sep, 2024 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Irish gangland figure linked to the notorious clan ‘The Family’ is arrested in Spain after major drugs bust

AN IRISH gang member with links to the Dublin-based ‘The Family’ crime organisation has been arrested during an Alicante Province drugs raid. Details about the

30 Sep, 2024 @ 13:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead