ISSUE NO. 1697
11 - 17 January 2018
MALLORCA
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A MAN who allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed a woman before setting fire to her home has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison for a separate crime in August 2016. The man, known only as Richard PHD, pleaded guilty to robbing a house in Manacor. He reportedly stole watches, mobile phones, a video game console and €1,009 in cash from the property, some of which was recovered by police, and was ordered to repay the victims the €1,009 in compensation. The Frenchman has been remanded in custody since October after allegedly raping a woman in Palma and setting her house on fire.
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Sex suspect behind bars
BLAZE: Firefighters in Palma tackle the huge fire.
Arson attack Police probe string of fires By Benjamin Park Police are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist after multiple incidents of bin fires in Palma. Firefighters in Palma were
called early on Tuesday morning to put out two large fires after several bins became engulfed in flames. Huge flames rose from bins in the neighbourhood of El Molinar at approximately 3am and less than half an hour later, similar flames rose from bins in Coll de Rabasa. Emergency services were able to quickly extinguish the flames, but two homes, a parked car and a telephone pole were reportedly affected by the fires.
According to Spanish media, further bins were then found on fire in the Ciutat Jardi neighbourhood in the evening around 11:30pm. Firefighters again acted quickly to put out the fire but the extent of the damage caused by the blaze is currently unknown. It is not yet known whether the incidents are linked, but police reportedly believe that it is the same person/people behind the fires. An investigation is reportedly now underway.
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€20m drugs fine A GROUP of drug traffickers have been sentenced to a total of 23 years and four months in prison as well as millions of Euros in fines for a number of drug and violence related crimes. The Public Prosecutor had initially asked for a total of 49 and a half years for the group of nine, but the sentence was considerably reduced after an agreement was reached with the Provincial Court of Palma. Made up entirely of Moroccans, the five men and four women reportedly brought narcotic substances into Mallorca through an unnamed contact located in Tarragona and later commercialised the drugs across
the island. Investigating officers were first made aware of the gang after intercepting a truck carrying six bales of cannabis being delivered to one of those sentenced in February 2015. The defendants were found guilty of a number of different crimes against public health while one was also found guilty of resisting arrest. In total, fines for the group reportedly total more than €20 million, with three of those sentenced ordered to pay €2.16 million each, two have been fined over €1 million while the rest received fines between €108,000 and €195,000.