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MALLORCA
Pervert apprehended A MAN has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually molesting a sleeping woman in S’Arenal. In addition, he was given a €3,000 fine payable to the victim for personal damages.
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Laptops raided IN a night raid, 18 laptops were stolen from the Secondary Education Institute (IES) in Sineu. With no signs of forced entry, Guardia Civil officers suspect the culprits of having inside knowledge of the unit’s security system.
AXARQUIA
Tourist promotion LOCAL business-owners are promoting the Axarquia as a tourist destination at the Vakantiebeurs Tourism and Trade Fair, which is being held in Utrecht (Holland) until Sunday.
Buy local THE Salobreña Trade Department and the local business-owners association (ACESA) have launched a campaign to encourage people to buy from local shops during the sales period.
Roadworks VELEZ-MALAGA COUNCIL is to spend €1.6 million to widen the Camino de Torrox road, which links the town’s centre with La Caleta de Velez area.
A LIGHT aircraft which crashed in Castalla last March was trying to avoid a 43.5-metre communications mast, an official enquiry found. All three occupants were killed in the accident.
Census shrinks THE birth-rate plummeted in Alcoy with 559 deaths but only 428 births last year. The inland industrial town’s population of 60,125 is the lowest since 1996.
Fire drama
A MAN, aged 43, was arrested for robbing the same Palma house in Son Rapinya four different times. When the owner finally discovered him and called the police, they apprehended the man, who confessed to the thefts.
Mast crash
FIREMEN were called to the Smurfit Kappa cardboard factory in San Vicente after a forklift caught fire outside the building. The blaze was smothered before it could spread.
TWO women have been arrested by National Police for two thefts, one in which they stole jewellery from a friend after she dropped it off for cleaning. The victim identified the women, captured on camera, as acquaintances.
Multiple busts
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
Minor scare
Acquaintance theft
AN early morning short circuit on Calle Alfonso el Sabio in Palma started a house fire while the tenant slept. Waking up coughing, he called for help and locked himself in the bedroom until firefighters arrived.
NEWS DESK
Favours asked PREVENTION: Pruning palm trees is under way.
War on the palm weevil goes on PRUNING of Torrevieja’s palm trees is under way to prevent the spread of the red palm weevil, which can prove fatal to the trees. Councillor for Parks and Gardens, Carmen Gómez Candel, said pruning will continue until the end of February according to guidelines set by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the control and eradication of the red palm weevil.
Forgotten town NERJA COUNCIL is to ask the regional government to withdraw from circulation a cultural leaflet from which the town has been omitted.
Pooches adopted SIXTY-FIVE dogs were adopted in Motril during an adoption campaign launched in the town at Christmas.
COSTA DEL SOL
Pig rustlers held GUARDIA CIVIL arrested three people for allegedly stealing pigs from a farm in Farajan, near Ronda. A pig was found dead in their car.
Hiking problems TWO families with children who got lost in the mountains of Alhaurin de la Torre while hiking had to be rescued
by Guardia Civil.
Briton detained A BRITISH resident of Coin has been arrested after allegedly perpetrating an armed robbery at a tobacconist’s in Alhaurin el Grande and stealing €600.
Bar thefts A MAN has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for breaking into several bars in Fuengirola on the same day in 2008. He stole cash, alcohol and other items.
Royal threat THE Saudi Arabian Royal Family had threatened that they would stop coming to Marbella if plans for skyscrapers, now scrapped, went ahead.
DESPITE changes in the Coastal Law, Villajoyosa and Denia still have buildings close to the shoreline at risk of demolition. They have now applied to the national government for exemption.
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
Foreigner frenzy A TOTAL of 107,492 people were registered on the padron of Torrevieja as of January 1, 2014. Over half, 53.1 per cent, were foreign residents.
Toy store raided TWO Toys ‘R’ Us stores were raided by burglars during the Three Kings fiestas. Two men broke into the safe in Sant Joan d’Alacant, but were disturbed by security guards in the Elche store.
Child abuse A COUPLE are being questioned over alleged mistreatment of their baby. The seven-month-old infant was taken to La Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia where the doctor raised the alarm.
Computer lab A COMPUTER lab is to be developed within Rojales municipal library, to promote the use of technology and communication among citizens of all ages.
Hurt in blaze A WOMAN was injured in a house fire at a property in Santa Eulalia de Murcia. Fourteen firefighters were sent to the scene as neighbouring properties were evacuated.