ISSUE NO. 1689
16 - 22 November 2017
COSTA DEL SOL
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Just jail her! GUNFIGHT: An officer was shot in the raid.
Drugs raid shootout A GUARDIA CIVIL officer has been shot after police swooped on a drugs gang in Algeciras. The officer was involved in a raid when shots were fired from a house in the El Saladillo neighbourhood. But after gaining access to the property there was no sign of anyone, although a stash of drugs was seized. According to official sources, the injured lawman was shot in the leg, but doctors at the Punta Europa de Algeciras hospital described his condition as “not serious.” A helicopter and the National Police have joined the manhunt for the gunman.
Animal killer still free by Matt Ford The disgraced former president of a Costa del Sol animal shelter has not yet been jailed due to an admin blunder. Carmen Marin, who previously ran Torremolinos’ municipal cat and dog sanctuary, is set to become the first person ever to be jailed for animal cruelty in Spain. A Malaga judge had ordered her to present herself to police by yesterday (Wednesday), but a paperwork slip-up only saw the order arrive to a Torremolinos court on Tuesday meaning she has not yet been officially notified. She has therefore been granted an extension. The landmark decision to imprison the ex-shelter boss came three weeks after the Provincial Court upheld a
BRIEF REPRIEVE: Carmen Marin (inset) will soon be imprisoned. three years and nine months sentence in the wake of an appeal. Marin was last year found guilty of slaughtering thousands of animals from 20082010, despite preaching a zero sacrifice policy. In a statement the judge said that Marin injected cats and dogs with euthanasia drugs “without any veterinary
control or form of sedation, using inadequate methods and lower doses than recommend-
ed, causing agony.”
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