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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is in ‘top 1% of dangerous criminals’ with penchant for ‘sadism and paedophilia’, psychiatrist tells court

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is in the ‘top league’ of dangerous criminals, an expert psychiatrist told a court today. Dr Christian Riedemann gave his

27 Sep, 2024 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Lead

British couple found guilty of ‘outraging public decency’ after performing sex act in front of passengers on EasyJet flight from Spain’s Tenerife

A TRIP to the ‘mile-high club’ has turned into a trip to court for one British couple after they were caught red-handed performing a lewd

27 Sep, 2024 @ 13:27

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Woman in Spain's Andalucia conned out of €170,000 by man pretending to be Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt condemns fraudsters in Spain who posed as him to con two women out of €325,000

BRAD Pitt has criticised the five conmen who used his image to swindle hundreds of thousands of euros out of two unsuspecting female victims. Earlier

27 Sep, 2024 @ 11:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit and Dutchman beat taxi driver to a pulp in Spain’s Ibiza ‘when he refused to help them deliver drugs’: Drivers too scared to work at night after attacks from tourists

A BRIT and a Dutchman have been arrested after allegedly beating up a taxi driver because he refused to help them deliver drugs. The British

27 Sep, 2024 @ 09:05

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Truck sparks panic in Spain’s Valencia after ramming into cars at high speed while heading for the city centre

A TRUCK has sparked chaos in Valencia after driving at speed on the wrong side of the road and hitting multiple vehicles. Several calls were

26 Sep, 2024 @ 18:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pictured: Tragic Brit, 28, who plunged to his death from Benidorm hotel balcony during night out with friends

A BRITISH amateur football coach who was holidaying with friends in Benidorm died after a drunken fall from his second-floor hotel balcony, an inquiry has

26 Sep, 2024 @ 13:10

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Mallorca: German expat, 74, ‘is axed to death by her son-in-law’ inside her villa

A GERMAN expat has been axed to death inside her villa in Mallorca. The 74-year-old was allegedly struck in the head with the bladed weapon

26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Murder investigation is launched after British tourist fell 30ft to her death from Ibiza hotel balcony: Police make one arrest

A MURDER investigation has been launched by British police two years after a tourist plunged 30ft to her death after falling from a hotel balcony

26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Fake Brad Pitts who ‘conned two women out of €325,000’ are arrested in Spain

POLICE in Spain have arrested a gang of five people accused of posing as the acclaimed movie star Brad Pitt in order to swindle hundreds

26 Sep, 2024 @ 11:11

Andalucia·Basque Country·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Madeleine McCann bombshell: Christian Brueckner confessed to snatching girl from same Portugal resort and asked if DNA could be taken from buried bones, ex-cell mate claims in court

CHRISTIAN Brueckner admitted to snatching a young girl from same resort that Madeleine McCann vanished from and asked if DNA could be extracted from buried

25 Sep, 2024 @ 21:08

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Humiliating police blunder in Spain: Major city loses almost HALF its patrol cars overnight after ‘bosses forgot to book their MOTs’

THE city of Sevilla was left with 45 fewer police cars on Wednesday following a blunder by the force’s headquarters. Dozens of Policia Local patrol

25 Sep, 2024 @ 16:59

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

British tourist ‘is dumped in car park half naked’ by taxi driver who ‘tried to rape her’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A TAXI driver is being investigated in Mallorca for the attempted rape of a British tourist. The 28-year-old holidaymaker was dumped half naked in a

25 Sep, 2024 @ 13:49

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Watch: Most feared hitman in Panama and leader of notorious ‘Terror Killa’ gang is arrested by undercover cops at a shopping centre in Spain

HE had been on the run for years after being accused of heading up one of the most feared murder-for-hire gangs in Panama. According to

25 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s black summer of gender-based violence: 22 women and children murdered by men

SOME 22 women and children have been murdered by men in a ‘summer of gender-based violence’. Gender-based violence has reared its ugly head yet again

24 Sep, 2024 @ 12:55

Crime & Law·Lead

British expat boxer admits to killing Spanish teenager in first day of horror road rage murder trial

A YOUNG British boxer who stabbed a Spanish teenager to death and fled Spain dramatically confessed to the crime in court yesterday. Lewis Briggs, 24,

24 Sep, 2024 @ 11:50

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Exclusive: British homeowners in Spain warn of ‘charming scammer’ who ‘stole €60,000 worth of bookings’ while working as a property manager on the Costa del Sol

EXPAT holiday home owners have called in police after losing more than €60,000 to an alleged Costa del Sol con artist. Fabricio Anton is accused

22 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

There is no link between the number of migrants and crime levels in Spain, study by leading conservative newspaper finds

“SPANIARDS are fed up with being victims of assaults, machete attacks, robberies and rapes. Almost always at the hands of the same people; illegal immigrants

21 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Exclusive: How an expat mother-of-two helped bring down the Ibiza gang who gassed and robbed luxury villas on the island – including Nick Grimshaw’s holiday rental

A MOTHER-OF-TWO helped put an end to the reign of terror of a pair of burglars who gassed their victims while they slept. In doing

20 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Ibiza·Lead

Fruit mafia in Spain sold fake organic produce across Europe for at least six months

A RING of food suppliers in Spain conned eco-conscious consumers across Europe by exporting regular fruit and vegetables as organic. The scheme involved taking advantage

20 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Three driving instructors are arrested for being high on drugs and alcohol while behind the wheel in Mallorca

THREE driving instructors were found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol last Tuesday by Guardia Civil traffic agents. The Benemerita agents were

19 Sep, 2024 @ 13:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Narco trafficker accused of ramming and killing two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz last February finally arrested

THE drug trafficker accused of piloting the narco boat that killed two Guardia Civil officers in February has finally been arrested. After months of evading

19 Sep, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Man who ‘put two apples inside another man’s rectum without his consent’ is arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN man has been arrested in Mallorca for putting ‘two apples inside another man’s rectum without consent’. Palma’s Policia Nacional has arrested a German

19 Sep, 2024 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Exclusive: British groom-to-be needs facial reconstruction surgery after suffering ‘brutal attack by nightclub bouncers’ in Spain

A BRITISH groom-to-be is awaiting facial reconstruction surgery after he was allegedly attacked by bouncers at a nightclub in Mallorca. William Wheatley, 26, can only

18 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘Europe’s most wanted’ drug lord, 59, arrested while hiding out in Madrid: Albanian faces 29 years in Belgian jail

ONE of Europe’s most wanted drug lords has been arrested in Madrid. Haredin Fejzulla, a 59-year-old Albanian national, was captured last week in the district

18 Sep, 2024 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

British motorist chased TWICE by police in Spain and fails excess alcohol and drug tests

Spain roots out ‘narco moles’ among high-ranking police officers: 10 arrests are made in Andalucia and Valencia

POLICE corruption in Spain has exploded into the spotlight with a combined ten arrests of high-ranking officers ‘working for drug dealers’. Scandal has rocked a

17 Sep, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia

Man is arrested for ‘chopping off his partner’s hand’ in Spain’s Barcelona

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a man in Barcelona accused of amputating his partner’s hand in a brutal domestic attack. The incident occurred at 4.30pm

17 Sep, 2024 @ 13:58

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

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