Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Sean FitzPatrick’s statement shows an apartment in Marbella, Spain. Only the Marbella apartment is not subject to a mortgage

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Former Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Sean FitzPatrick has a net income of just €188 per month, documents furnished to the High Court show.

A statement of affairs, provided to the court as part of Mr FitzPatrick’s bankruptcy proceedings today, also disclosed that the former bank chairman has debts of more than €145 million, compared to assets of just over €47 million.

In the statement of affairs, Mr FitzPatrick revealed that he receives €3,693 per month net of tax, as payment from an Irish Life annuity. However the statement shows Mr FitzPatrick makes a net loss of €3,505 per month on three properties he jointly owns, which are rented out. His net income is €188 per month.

Meanwhile, Anglo Irish Bank today withdrew its attempt to have an insolvency practitioner appointed, instead of the official assignee, to divide the estate during the bankruptcy process for Mr FitzPatrick.

Paul Gardner SC, for the bank, told the court Anglo was no longer proceeding with the motion and asked for it to be struck out.

In a brief hearing before Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne this morning, the court was told that Mr FitzPatrick, who was in court, was co-operating with the process and his affairs were being handled by the official assignee, Chris Lehane.

Granting the motion, the judge also confirmed the appointment Mr Lehane to handle Mr FitzPatrick’s bankruptcy and realise the estate in full for the benefit of creditors.

The appointment of a trustee would have given a greater degree of control to Anglo over the bankruptcy process. However, for this to have happened the bank required the support of three-fifths of the creditors – both in value and number – to secure the appointment of their nominated trustee, KPMG partner Kieran Wallace.

While Anglo holds more than 92 per cent of Mr FitzPatrick’s debts - amounting to €110 million - seven of the 12 creditors said in bankruptcy proceedings they support the retention of Mr Lehane.

Two creditors, Cove Capital, which is controlled by former Anglo non-executive director Lar Bradshaw, and the Revenue Commissioners are not voting. Among the creditors in support of the retention of the official assignee are Mr FitzPatrick’s wife Catriona, who is owed €53,568.

Among the creditors that opposed the appointment of a trustee were Friends First which is owed €3.4 million and AIB, which is owed €1.5 million.

Mr FitzPatrick’s statement of affairs shows he receives a rental income of more than €50,000 per year from a house in Bray, and apartments at Smithfield Market, Dublin and Killiney Court, Killiney. The figures show that when mortgage repayments and other overheads such as insurance and management fees are taken into account he makes a net monthly loss of €3,505 on the properties.

Mr FitzPatrick’s statement also shows that he is joint owner of his family home and another house in Greystones, and an apartment in Marbella, Spain. Only the Marbella apartment is not subject to a mortgage

Maurice Boland is not a bad man, of which there are many on this coast. Boland is a good man who has done a very bad thing.

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Maurice Boland is not a bad man, of which there are many on this coast. Boland is a good man who has done a very bad thing. He will survive. Marbella and the Costa del Sol is a very small pond at the end of the day, but those who are currently hounding him away would do well to remember that if was not for Mr.Boland the Cudeca cancer hospice in Benalmádena would probably still be without a roof.

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Maurice Boland is not a bad man, of which there are many on this coast. Boland is a good man who has done a very bad thing.

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Maurice Boland is not a bad man, of which there are many on this coast. Boland is a good man who has done a very bad thing. He will survive. Marbella and the Costa del Sol is a very small pond at the end of the day, but those who are currently hounding him away would do well to remember that if was not for Mr.Boland the Cudeca cancer hospice in Benalmádena would probably still be without a roof.

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Minutas case alleges that the Sevilla lawyer invoiced Marbella Town Hall for services he never carried out

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Minutas case alleges that the Sevilla lawyer invoiced Marbella Town Hall for services he never carried out

The Auditors' Court has belittled the defence strategy of the Sevilla lawyer, and President of the Sevilla Football Club, José María del Nido, who is under investigation in the Málaga Provincial Court in the Minutascase.

Del Nido was paid at least 1.3 million € by Marbella Town Hall between 1999 and 2003 for services which he allegedly never carried out.

He says that he was employed verbally by the late Mayor, Jesús Gil y Gil, to give legal advice to the Ayuntamiento. Records show that the lawyer invoiced 79,929 € for just 21 minutes of work for the Town Hall in 2002.

The prosecutor is demanding 16 years in prison for Del Nido in the case, and now the Auditors Court has commented that it ‘does not consider the realisation of professional services, for which Sr. Del Nido invoiced the Marbella Town Hall and was paid, to be sufficiently accredited’.

It noted that it was a generalised practice in Marbella to pay large amounts of money for irregularly contracted services.

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"Mr Marbella"Maurice Boland was helping the young entertainer prepare to sing in his Marbella talent competition, The Wow Factor, which he set up

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Maurice Boland has been having a secret affair with a 16-year-old teenager in Marbella.

Known as "Mr Marbella", the former Irish nightclub boss, who has been married for 40 years, had his long-standing contract with Talk Radio Europe on the Costa del Sol suddenly terminated last week when the affair with the teenager came to light.

Mr Boland was helping the young entertainer prepare to sing in his Marbella talent competition, The Wow Factor, which he set up in aid of a cancer charity, when the affair took place.

Speaking for the first time about his relationship with the 16 year old, Mr. Boland told the Sunday Independent he made a "terrible" mistake.

"I made an error of judgement," he said. "I got involved with someone. I have been married for 40 years next year. I have been in the media and nightclub business for many, many years and I've never had an affair.

"This is the first time it's happened. I made a very bad misjudgment, which is terrible and hurt a lot of people, including my own wife and her family and my children. And all I can say to those people who are hurt -- I am sincerely sorry."

The news will come as a shock to those who know Maurice Boland from his days as a high-profile nightclub owner when he launched the late-night club culture on Dublin's Leeson Street. Later he joined forces with La Stampa owner Louis Murray to launch Barbarella's nightclub.

Mr Boland and his wife Wendy were a glamour couple of Dublin's social set and moved to Marbella, Spain, in the Eighties, where they became part of the ex-pat Irish social scene. Wendy is very well known among the ladies who lunch and has her own business as a party organiser, mainly for Irish people.

Mr Boland himself is well connected with the ex-pat Irish community and frequently has guests over from Ireland as well as interviewing a string of famous people, including British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Mandy Smith, who claimed her relationship with Rolling Stone Bill Wyman began at the age of 13 and who went on to marry the ageing rocker, later worked for Mr Boland in his club Cuba. He eventually became her agent, promising to make her a star. Under his tutelage, Mandy landed a few modelling jobs and began to take herself seriously as a singer, cutting a record in 1987 called I Just Can't Wait.

Mr Boland confirmed this weekend that his wife is standing by him and that his family are struggling to get through it together.

"It's been a very rocky time for us. My family have rallied around me and obviously they are not happy with the situation, but we love each other very much. We're a very close family. I shouldn't have got involved with anyone," he said.

"My wife is coping. We have a lot of years behind us and I pray we'll have many years ahead of us. I'm very upset -- not for me as much as I am upset for my wife and our children and her family as well. I don't give two craps about me, who cares? But I do care about my wife, I do care about my children, I do care about her and her family."

Speaking about the liaison with the young girl, he explained how he had set out to help her build on her musical talents but their relationship eventually turned into something more.

He said their relationship started off as a working relationship while he helped her with her music career, saying, "It was a very short involvement and it was never planned. Some of these things just happen.

"It came about through circumstance. The wrong time at the wrong place. There's nothing planned about it."

Asked how his working relationship crossed the line, he replied: "I can't answer it. I can't answer because there was no plan. How do these things happen? I don't know.

"It came to light, people found out and that was it," he said.

"There is no rape involved, no illegality involved, so there's nowhere else to go with that."

Drawing on the young girl's age, he said, "The reason that anyone is showing any interest is because of the girl's age, but I've done nothing illegal. She is of legal age. I have done nothing illegal."

"She's 100 per cent over 16. Not that I feel any better. I'm feeling awful about everything. I didn't set out to have a relationship with anyone, or to have it with someone so young. It was just a misjudgment on my behalf.

"These things happen in life. Why do they happen? I have no answer at all. It certainly wasn't planned or anything," he said.

Mr Boland said he will be "withdrawing from public life" for the foreseeable future, including taking a step back from all radio and charity work. His Wow Factor competition, the final of which was due to run in November, has also been cancelled.

Drawing on the termination of his contract at Talk Radio Europe, he said: "Radio was my whole life. It's just awful. I don't know if it's the end. It's too early to make any decisions yet."

He added: "I think it's very important that people understand that there's been a lot of hurt involved in this whole thing and they should make up their mind to leave the families alone. All I can say is that I'm very upset that this happened, very upset and very sorry. It's been the lowest moment in my life ever."

- NIAMH HORAN, Entertainment News Reporter

Sunday Independent

beautifully dubbed the “PIGS”, (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain)* have almost been taken to breaking point.

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Euro – economics pays the price of political ego - Stephen Pope - Market Mind - Forbes: "Born in 1999, the Euro is once again occupying the time and minds of politicians and economists across the single currency region as they gather in Berlin for yet more wining and dining.
The past 2 years have placed the very survival of the single currency experiment in jeopardy as peripheral nations, so beautifully dubbed the “PIGS”, (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain)* have almost been taken to breaking point.
From the start this was a “rotten” currency borne from political ego, to see Europe strut upon the stage with a unit of exchange equal (maybe even superior), to the US Dollar. The entire fabric for its credibility, the “Stability and Growth Pact” was ignored when Italy was allowed to join the club. Of course Italy was the 3rd largest economy in the Euro Zone and it was judged impossible to go ahead with the project without the Italians.
That was clearly a big mistake … if a prospective member cannot meet the criteria of the club; it’s simple. They cannot join. To fudge and fiddle with the rules is just to weaken the original objective. If the rules are ignored, one has to ask, why bother at all?"

Maurice Boland steps down from Talk Radio Europe (TRE) Marbella. | Olive Press Newspaper

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Maurice Boland steps down from Talk Radio Europe (TRE) Marbella. | Olive Press Newspaper: "MYSTERY incident has seen the sudden departure of ‘Mr Marbella’ Maurice Boland from his post at Talk Radio Europe (TRE).
While the radio station would only officially confirm he was “away on sick leave”, its chairman Martin Nathan did not deny that there had been an incident involving a teenage entertainer.
Irish DJ Boland – who has worked since the 1980s in Marbella, interviewing a string of famous people, including British Prime Minister David Cameron – confirmed to the Olive Press that he was “stepping down.”
Station boss Nathan told the Olive Press: “I am not at this moment prepared to make a statement regarding the rumours, but I would ask you to consider the effect this is having on the family concerned.
“I am not concerned about the adult involved, that is a different thing, but I would ask you to respect the privacy of the youngster and the family.”"

Vicars being trained to spot sham marriages by immigration officials | Mail Online

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Vicars being trained to spot sham marriages by immigration officials | Mail Online: "Immigration officials are holding special training sessions to teach vicars how to spot sham marriages, it emerged today.The UK Border Agency has teamed up with the Church of England to train clergymen to identify fake documents and discover if relationships are genuine.It is hoped the initiative will help stem the boom in sham weddings, which asylum seekers and illegal immigrants use as a way to gain British citizenship."

Ricky Hatton escaped to Marbella for a drinking holiday with his mates

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Ricky Hatton escaped to Marbella for a drinking holiday with his mates, letting slip he had had enough with boxing -- only to recant later. Some close friends thought he was milking it, keeping his name in the papers to help his new business as a promoter. His weight ballooned to 14 stone. He rowed with Jennifer at their home in Hyde, the police calling one night to still the shouting match in the street. Too many times to remember, she had found him passed out, drunk, on their driveway, left there by his pals after another bender.

Someone who had witnessed Hatton at full tilt on the booze recounts the experience: "I've seen him drink 20 pints, at least, usually Guinness, then wash it down with Bailey's Irish Cream or any other short that was handy, pass out, wake up, and do it all again, day after day."

Ricky and Jennifer went on holiday to Australia to patch things up and Ricky turned up at the tennis in Melbourne to cheer on Andy Murray. All seemed well. Murray, whose favourite sport is boxing, was clearly thrilled to see Hatton. It was mid-morning but Ricky had obviously been sampling the local beer. He told Murray he would be back for the final. He did not show, putting it out that Jennifer was ill and they had to return to Sydney.

When he came home, he went back to the gym briefly, even if it was mainly to get into shape for a charity football match. But the fire had gone, and Hatton knew it would never glow again. As one party drew to a close, another uglier one started, in hotel rooms and on the road, with rolled up £20 notes and little hills of white powder.

From Manchester to the bright lights, for 13 years of unbelievable thrills, Hatton had served his calling with an energy that left opponents and friends breathless, in the ring or in the bar. Yet, long before the applause began to fade, he refused to acknowledge what those around him could see and were reluctant to say: his unwillingness to curb his unhealthy eating between fights, his thirst for the drink and, latterly, his temptation into another phase of addiction were tearing a decent and sensitive man apart.

It was not just being caught out that hurt him; it was the dread that his family, friends and fans would see him no longer as a jolly representative of their clan but reduced to a fat, helpless shell, a slave to drugs. It turned out to be a chimera, but Hatton's regular vices were those perceived to be harmless in his culture: wild nights, boozing, pigging out. He could not make jokes about cocaine, though. Cocaine was not only illegal; it was the geezer's drug of choice, the currency of the underworld, showbiz and the media, and it wrecked something Ricky Hatton valued highly: his image.

Coke was an opponent every bit as slick and cunning as Mayweather or Pacquiao. It dressed him up, knocked him out. And he could not even hear the whirr of the video camera.

body of a man found wrapped in a sheet of plastic in village of Ojen north of Marbella

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Civil Guard are investigating the discovery of the body of a man found wrapped in a sheet of plastic in village of Ojen north of Marbella.
It was found at 8pm Monday evening by two people who were searching for firewood. As neither was carrying a telephone the find was reported at the home of a Local Police Officer who lived in the area.
The matter was passed on to the Guardia Civil who found that the victim’s stomach had been cut along its entire length and then sewn up crudely with a fishing line. The autopsy indicated that e man had been transporting cocaine inside his stomach, which had somehow leaked, into his system causing his death.
It would appear that accomplices had cut open the stomach in order to recover the remaining drugs before disposing of the body into a nearby ravine.
To date the authorities have been unable to identify the body.

MYSTERY incident has seen the sudden departure of ‘Mr Marbella’ Maurice Boland from his post at Talk Radio Europe (TRE).

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While the radio station would only officially confirm he was “away on sick leave”, its chairman Martin Nathan did not deny that there had been an incident involving a teenage entertainer.
Irish DJ Boland – who has worked since the 1980s in Marbella, interviewing a string of famous people, including British Prime Minister David Cameron – confirmed to the Olive Press that he was “stepping down.”
Station boss Nathan told the Olive Press: “I am not at this moment prepared to make a statement regarding the rumours, but I would ask you to consider the effect this is having on the family concerned.
“I am not concerned about the adult involved, that is a different thing, but I would ask you to respect the privacy of the youngster and the family.”
He continued: “I need to talk to the family to see if they are prepared to talk to you. At the moment they are trying to come to terms with a difficult situation.”
Despite reports, he insisted that the police had not been called to the radio station on Monday, Boland’s last day.
Nor would he confirm if Boland – who is married with three children – was confronted by the family.
He said: “All I can say officially is that he is away on sick leave and will not be returning. A further statement will follow shortly.”
One of the station’s long-term presenters however, confirmed the incidents to the Olive Press, adding: “I have been called to a big meeting tommorrow.
“All I can say is that there was a huge error of judgement on Maurice’s part, but it was not illegal.
“It is all rather tragic. I have worked with him for decades, but sadly, his position there is now clearly untenable.
“I feel most sorry for the charities he worked with like Cudeca, who will be missing out from all his hard work.”
Various internet sites meanwhile ran the rumours in full.
According to a comment left by ‘Ben Hampton’ on former TRE presenter Stephen Ritson’s blog, the family turned up at the studios on Monday.
After revealing the reasons why, he wrote: “The whole thing sickens me.”
Last night Boland confirmed that he had “talked” to the family, but that wasn’t why he had left.
“I’m stepping down for personal reasons, everything else is speculative. I have talked to the family and nothing illegal has happened.”
Boland first moved from Dublin to Marbella in the 1980s. His radio talk show took off in the 1990s and since then he has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, including Cliff Richard, Jeffrey Archer and Nigel Mansell.

People smuggled into UK via Victoria coach station | News

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People smuggled into UK via Victoria coach station | News: "Drugs, weapons and people are being smuggled into Britain by crime gangs using Victoria Coach Station, police revealed today.
Random checks on coaches arriving in London have revealed an extraordinary hotbed of crime ranging from people trafficking to drug running.
A Scotland Yard operation has led to 72 arrests — including wanted people-traffickers and paedophiles — in the past six months.
The checks have also revealed a worrying number of defects and safety problems on coaches arriving from the Continent.
Police in Westminster are using tactics normally employed by border officials to screen passengers arriving in London. Coaches are picked at random and their passengers and luggage are searched and screened for drugs and weapons. Sniffer dogs are also used to check for contraband and specialist officers employed to scour coaches for hidden caches of drugs."

While France Deports Roma Gypsies, Spain Integrates Them - TIME

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While France Deports Roma Gypsies, Spain Integrates Them - TIME: "Antonio Moreno lives on what is reputedly Madrid's most dangerous street, where dealers openly offer any type of drug around the clock. He owns a four-bedroom house with a pool; he works out of his own photo and video studio — and he's a Gypsy, one of the 40,000 inhabitants of an illegal settlement on the outskirts of the Spanish capital. If they lived in just about any other European country, Moreno and his neighbors would be the source of tension and controversy: on Tuesday, the European Union called France's continued deportation of its Gypsies a 'disgrace' and threatened disciplinary action against the country. Suddenly, all across Europe, a community that is used to living on the fringes is now in the spotlight — and in some cases, suffering heightened prejudice as a result. But Moreno isn't worried. Because when it comes to dealing with Gypsies — also known as Roma — Spain is different."

Ricky Hatton was photographed in Marbella's Puerto Banus, Spain, when a horrified fan took the picture.

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British professional boxer Ricky Hatton was photographed looking bloated and sweaty as he struggled to stay upright while pals carried him from a bar after an all-day bender.

Hatton, 31, was in Marbella's Puerto Banus, Spain, when a horrified fan took the picture.

"It was really sad to see. He was such a mess, sweating and hugely overweight," the Sun quoted the fan as saying.

"He was obviously wired on something. It might have been just booze but I doubt it.

"By the end he couldn't stand up. He was clinging to his pals as they disappeared into the night," the fan added.

The picture had been taken a few weeks before the revelation that the boxer had been filmed snorting cocaine while on yet another marathon binge.

Hatton's friends said he has been trapped in a cocaine and booze-fuelled haze for months.

"His coke problem has been getting ridiculous. This wasn't just one party night out on the town. The fact he's being doing cocaine was an open secret among those close to him," a source said.

"In a way we're almost relieved he's been caught out because something had to be done. He couldn't go on like that," the source added.

Hatton, who was secretly filmed as he snorted cocaine through a rolled-up 20-pound note, acknowledged he needed professional help for a problem that had spiralled out of control.

"I've been in a bad place for some time. It's all down to me. I feel I have let everyone down especially all my fans in the country who have always supported me," he said.

Euro Weekly News | Desire over the taboo: Eroticism in contemporary art | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain

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Euro Weekly News | Desire over the taboo: Eroticism in contemporary art | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "POLIGONO GALLERY in Marbella will inaugurate a collaborative group show dealing with eroticism in contemporary art on Friday September 17.
Through the work of 32 established and emerging artists from China, Indonesia, Europe, Russia, Turkey and USA, the exhibition examines differing interpretations of eroticism in art, with an emphasis on the representation of the female form.
Among artists exhibited feature: Ana Matias, Carlos Sanchez Perez (Ceesepe), Liu Guangyun, Terry Rodgers, Xu Hualing and Mel Ramos, among others.
The exhibition aims to show how each artist, playing with their imagination and the power of suggestion, have explored the subject of eroticism with very different sensibilities.
For some of them, evoking an image, a memory or a sensorial reference is enough to awaken sexual desire, without the need of more crude or explicit representations of sexuality.
For others, the same scenes that some would find obscene are the very representation of their understanding of eroticism, and go beyond the established taboos.
Sexual morals vary depending on times and culture. Some representations judged obscene or transgressive in earlier times are now conceived as simply erotic. The definition of what is erotic and what is pornographic remains elusive and fluctuating.
The portraits of Liu Guangyun, cast in polyester resin, are of models out of fashion magazines and newspaper ads. They describe the loss of identity by economization of man and eroticism."

The "Carnivorous camel" of Spain - Hartford Pets | Examiner.com

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The "Carnivorous camel" of Spain - Hartford Pets | Examiner.com: "Scientists are busy speculating on the origins of a meat-eating 20 foot long hunchback dinosaur unearthed in Cuena, Spain. Dubbed Concavenator corcovatus (the hunchback hunter from Cuenca) by discoverer Francisco Ortega, it is believed to have roamed the Earth some 125 million years ago during the lower Cretaceous period..

Unlike any other creature found so far, Ortega has theorized that the 16 inch hump on its lower back may “have been used to store fat, regulate body temperature, differentiate themselves or for communication.”
Other unusual features include 'knobs on its arms that suggest protype feathers.'"

Miners stuck 1650ft underground … but this time by choice - Herald Scotland | News | World News

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Miners stuck 1650ft underground … but this time by choice - Herald Scotland | News | World News: "Far from a Chilean mine where 33 trapped men struggle to cope as they await rescue, 50 Spanish miners are also deep in the earth’s bowels – but by their own choice.
Friday marked day nine of an unusual coal miners’ protest, a sit-in staged 1650 feet underground. No showers, no toilets and no internet are a small price to pay, the miners reason, in exchange for a more hopeful future for their beleaguered industry.
Their strike in northern Palencia province is about a long dispute over unpaid wages and the future of an antiquated industry struggling to survive as it competes with gas-fired electrical utility plants and heavily subsidised renewable energy projects. To make matters worse, all these sources of energy are seeking aid from a government grappling with a recession, high unemployment and a debt crisis.
Spain’s coal mining industry employs about 10,000 people, down from 50,000 in the late 1970s. The Spaniards underground vehemently deny any suggestion they are cashing in on the South American crisis, where the Chileans have been trapped in a cramped shelter for a month.
“You have to think about their situation. Their thing is about survival. Ours is about asserting ourselves,” said Juan Carlos Liebana, 41, wearing a white hard hat, turned gray with coal soot. “We send them hope and unity.”"

claims that a man had one of his houses sold without his knowledge, with another property about to be handed over to new owners.

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AFP: Australia scammers stage secret sale of man's home: "Australian authorities said Monday they were investigating claims that a man had one of his houses sold without his knowledge, with another property about to be handed over to new owners.
The Major Fraud Squad is looking into the alleged scam, under which Roger Mildenhall's 485,000 dollar (451,316 US) investment property in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup was sold in June while he was out of the country.
Mildenhall said he was shocked to hear about the sale from a neighbour and returned from overseas to investigate, only to find his main home was also in the process of being sold.
'They said that the house that was my rental property had already been sold and that the locks had been changed in my own home and that was about to be sold as well,' he told ABC Radio on Sunday.
Police said they were investigating whether the scammers, who allegedly organised the sale via email and telephone, were known to Mildenhall.
'We have a number of previous complaints where family members have taken property off another family member, but if this is a true scam then it is the first of its kind,' Detective Senior Sergeant Don Heise said."

Ammunition, computer material and hashish were recovered from two premises in Almeria City,

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prostitution ring has been broken up by police after six years in Almeria.
Three Spanish men and three Brazilian women were arrested in ‘Operacion Lince’ on February 8.
Only allowed out for two hours a day the victims, thought to be from Latin America and Eastren Europe, were controlled indoors by the ring leaders.
Ammunition, computer material and hashish were recovered from two premises in Almeria City, two in Roquetas de Mar and one in Aguadulce.

son of British DJ-turned-actor Goldie has been found guilty of murder

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son of British DJ-turned-actor Goldie has been found guilty of murder. Jamie Price was involved in an altercation with rival gang member Marlon Morris, 21, outside a fast-food restaurant in Wolverhampton, England in August 2008.

Morris was knifed four times and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from a stab wound to the heart. Price, 23, had denied murder but was convicted of the charge at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, September 6, according to West Midlands Police. Prosecutor William Coker told Nottingham Crown Court, "Jamie Price was in the Fire Town gang. He said tensions had been building between gangs."

former mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz,has asked the courts to allow him to visit Gibraltar on a weekly basis.

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former mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, who is one of those implicated in the Malaga corruption case at the town hall and with numerous town planning convictions against him, has asked the courts to allow him to visit Gibraltar on a weekly basis.

Muñoz was involved with a chiringuito beach bar in San Pedro de Alcántara but that closed seven months ago and the former mayor is now on the dole. He has appealed to the courts for the return of his bail money and the lifting of the embargoes on his assets but that is unlikely to happen.

So Muñoz is insolvent, has no job but had planned to holiday overseas. He wants to visit the Czech capital, Prague, just for four days but that will only happen if the court allows it.

Muñoz has already spent time in jail for town planning offences, will be in the dock in the Malaya case – Spain’s largest corruption investigation - when it starts this autumn and also has a separate money laundering trial along with his ex-wife Maite Zaldivar and his former lover, the famous singer Isabel Pantoja.

Hence he needs the court’s permission to leave Spain and hopes to travel to Prague between September 9 and 12 “for holidays”. He has also made another plea to the judge to leave the country – although in this instance it means just an hour’s drive from Marbella to Gibraltar.

Love is the motive as Muñoz wants the court to authorize his visits to the family of his current partner, Karina Pau, who are Gibraltarian. To do so he needs his passport returned and the judge’s agreement so that he can cross the border.

This is not a one-off request. In his submission to the court the former mayor has not requested a single visit to Gibraltar but to be allowed to go once a week so that he can be with Karina Pau’s family.

The relationship with Pau has hardly been conducted in secret since the media descended on Jimena de la Frontera last November seeking out the couple in the village or at her home. This summer they were photographed at the Polo tournaments in Sotogrande and there have even been shots of Muñoz sunbathing on a yacht.

Which begs the question how does he pay for all this plus these visits given that he has no cash unless the court gives him his 50,000 euros bail money back? Of course he might not be paying for his travel to Gibraltar any more than he is to Prague.

Gibraltar has no say in whether Muñoz visits the Rock or not. Whilst there is no reason to believe that the former mayor wishes to visit Gibraltar other than to see Karina Pau’s parents, this high profile figure wandering along Main Street is hardly one that fits Gibraltar’s image as a whiter than white offshore location.