ISSUE NO. 1624
18 - 24 August 2016
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Banged up in Blanca
By Matthew Elliott Suspended Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk spent three nights in a Costa Blanca police cell after a violent row with his estranged wife at a residence in Algorfa, in the Vega Baja. The 49-year-old Labour member, who has been embroiled in tabloid scandal, was led away in handcuffs by police on Saturday evening, while his wife Karen was taken to hospital. After appearing before t h e Vi o l e n c e A g a i n s t Women Court 1 in Orihuela
o n Tu e s d a y A u g u s t 1 6 , Danczuk was released when his former partner declined to press charges. Witnesses told The Sun, who initially broke the stor y, t h e r e h a d b e e n a n ‘almighty row’ punctuated by ‘banging and screaming,’ before police arrived at the Algorfa apartment and led Danczuk away shirtless and shouting. Danczuk told the judge the argument was a personal matter and, though he admitted shouting, he denied there had been any physical abuse. His wife, a 33-year-old
former councillor and no stranger to extensive media attention, reportedly suffered cuts and bruises and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment. Neither Danczuk nor his ex-partner has commented public ly on the ma tte r, which would cap off a strange Spanish holiday. On A ugus t 13, the R oc hda le MP’s SAS Airlines flight from C ope nha ge n to A licante was diverted to Dusseldorf in Germany after the discovery of a suspicious package, which turned out to be a vacuum flask.
The controversial politician, who was a leading campaigner in the fight to expose historic child sex abuse allegations in Rochdale, is currently suspended from the Labour Party. He’s been accused of sending lewd text messages to a teenage girl looking for work experience. Danczuk recently agreed to repay £11,500 (€13,280) in parliamentary expenses, having claimed extra accommodation costs for two children who did not routinely live with him. He later claimed it was an ‘honest mistake.’
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