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ISSUE NO. 1669
29 June - 5 July 2017
COSTA DEL SOL
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Rental prices rocket
Homeless man filmed before dying
A RECENT report places Marbella as one of the most expensive holiday rental destinations in Spain, with prices soaring to an average of €1,100 per week this summer. Independent research company Tecnitasa has analysed the rental prices of properties along the Costa del Sol and found that to enjoy a week on the Spanish coast will cost an average of €729, a €65 jump from last year and 30 per cent more than in 2014. In Malaga Province, prices soar to €1,300 in Puerto Banus although apartments can be found from €450 on the seafront of the capital. Ibiza, Sotogrande, Barcelona and Gerona have similarly expensive rental prices, all costing more than €1,100 per week. As Spain’s tourism industry grows stronger so will prices, with a 10 per cent annual hike now standard across much of the country.
Tw o Finns he ld ove r the death of a homeless Briton sleeping rough near Malaga Airport are behind bars as the search for a fourth suspect continues. The two men - extradited to Spain under a European Arrest Warrant - will remain behind bars until the trial ends into the mysterious circumstances of the death of alcoholic Steven Allford on a bench outside the airport railway station in October. He was found with his trousers pulled down, his genitals resting inside an empty tuna can, and with s lic e s of ha m on his e xposed buttocks plus plastic ties on his wrists and ankles. Mr Allford had been drinking a nd c hoke d to de a th, but a judge from Malaga’s Instructional Court concluded that the ties may have contributed by stopping him from moving. During the initial hearing, the two Finnish men repeatedly claimed that the
Deadly ‘joke’ By Matt Ford
MALAGA AIRPORT: Homeless man was found on a bench. stunt “was just a joke,” and tha t the y only w a nte d to ma ke fun of the vic tim, with one recording it on his mobile be fore uploa ding the video to Facebook. It was this footage, which was quickly removed from the social network, that led to detectives identifying four me n involve d a nd proving that Mr Allford was alive as he lay face down while being mocked. One of the Finns was tracked to a prison in his home la nd, w he re he w a s being held for a separate offe nc e , w hile the othe r was picked up at his home. The y join 58-ye a r-old Irishman James O’Byrne
who in February was arrested as he slept in a tent in Algeciras, Cadiz, having earlier told investigators that he had only seen the incident from afar, and that he “hoped they would find the culprit.” O’Byrne and an Englishm an who r em ai n at l arge despite a European Arrest Warrant being issued, were both featured on the video.
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