ISSUE NO. 1665
1 - 7 June 2017
COSTA DEL SOL
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Named and shamed Drug-fuelled British driver faces murder bid charge By Matt Ford Two Britons who mowed down three people and ploughed into traffic in Marbella while high on alcohol and drugs have been named as a police probe goes on. Liam Anthony O’Neill and Marcus Eric Stewart, both 27, were expected to appear before a judge yesterday (Wednesday) after remaining in custody since the weekend drama unfolded. Specific charges for either men are not yet expected given ongoing police investigations into whether the pedestrians were deliberately targeted.
STEWART: At the Ocean Club. In total 10 people, including the driver, were injured in Sunday’s incident, two seriously. The men, who tested positive for alcohol, cocaine and cannabis, are accused of attempted murder and fleeing the
scene before colliding with a number of other vehicles. Footage has emerged featuring Stewart being marched along by an armed police officer, while another shows him lying on the road near the crash
Elite troops claim dismissed as fake THE UK is NOT sending hundreds of ex-Special Forces troops to the Costa del Sol and other Spanish holiday hotspots this summer. Reports in the UK media this week suggested that SAS-trained guards were being rushed to Spain in order to combat fears over a terror attack on British holidaymakers. They were set to patrol beaches disguised as tourists, and sources were quoted as saying that the country had been “singled out” by Islamic militant groups. However the reaction in Spain suggests this is not the case, after the story failed to be picked up by any Spanish-language media that this
newspaper has seen. No official at any of the local tourist boards we spoke to was able to provide information about the supposed scheme, nor were they aware of it. A local private security firm said: “This is complete nonsense, perhaps one or two serving counter terror operators have been sent as police liaison, but no way has a group of 100 private security been deployed to Spanish soil. “We know of no-one in the industry that has any information on this story, no ex-Special Forces we know have been approached and no private companies have been tasked.”
scene having been told to “shut up” after protesting “I didn’t do anything.” Both have UK police records and one is a Marbella resident. However, it remains unclear who was driving the British-plated black Audi Q7 which was written off in the incident. Investigators say that the Audi had been issued a parking ticket while on a pavement outside the Ocean Club in Puerto Banus, where the men had joined thousands of revellers at the celebrity haunt’s lavish Champagne Party, during which more than 6,000 bottles are sprayed. The vehicle was then parked in an underground park from which it later emerged before leading police on a chase having slammed into pedestrians. Video footage captured the dramatic moment that the car Turn to page 4
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