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Police find millions of child sex images THE National Police have uncovered 1.3 million paedophile images on a man’s computer. Officers discovered the horrific photographs after investigating a man in Velez-Malaga for sexual abuse of a child. The accused, who is being investigated for sexual abuse of a minor, sexual provocation and child pornography, first came under scrutiny last April after a mother told police the man may have abused her daughter. The alleged perpetrator, who is said to be a relative of one of the girl’s friends, has been remanded in prison since the accusation. The 50-year-old Spanish man is said to have taken advantage of his friendly relationship with his victims to sexuallu abuse them, bribing them with gifts of snacks or threatening them to assault and photograph them as well as showing them pornography. Police allege the man had a ‘secret’ room where he showed his victims the images and that he hid his crimes using special software to evade detection. Officers have since seized three computers, 12 CDs, 432 DVDs, nine USB sticks and three hard drives. Last week it was revealed another man had been arrested at Malaga Airport for distributing child pornography. The 36-year-old Belgian man is accused of sending the material through WhatsApp after a woman claimed to receive photos from the man who she did not know.
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Blood brothers Inheritance battle sparks shooting A man shot his brother before killing himself in an apparent dispute over an inheritance. Police are still trying to establish the exact cause of the disagreement after t h e m a n ’s v i c t i m s u s tained a gunshot wound to his left arm in the incident in Benamocarra. Officers believe the alleged perpetrator then took his own life believing he had killed his brother. Police say the incident began at around 7.30am when three gunshots were heard at a home which neighbours reported sounded like firecrackers. Police and ambulances arrived, finding a 68-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head but still alive. Health workers were unable to save his life, however, declaring him dead at the scene. His 61-year-old brother had already been taken to hospital by relatives where he was treated for his wound.
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FAMILY FEUD: Police corner off the area where the incident occurred. Members of the Guardia Civil cordoned off the scene, collecting evidence and finding two shotguns which have been sent to a laboratory for further analysis. Wi t n e s s e s t o l d o n e publication the wounded brother had been seen in the street shortly after the
incident, begging bystanders to take the gun from his shooter in case he harmed himself. Residents are said to be in shock at the incident, saying the victim and alleged perpetrator come f r o m a “ g o o d f a m i l y, very loved and respected in the town.”
The alleged shooter had run a bar in the centre of Benamocarra for several years and is said to have been well-known locally. According to one publication the brothers came from a family which owned several houses and a lot of land.
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Drought threat now ‘severe’ THE Junta de Andalucia regional government has raised Axarquia’s drought level to severe. Depsite the move the Junta still has no plans to impose water cuts on residents, according to Jose Fiscal, Minister for the Environment. The minister confirmed the regional government will instead review public water consumption after drought levels worsened in Axarquia and some parts of Granada. Last week it was announced Emasa will no longer supply water to the La Viñuela reservoir despite its continued water shortage. The company, which has been sending drinking water to the dwindling reservoir for a month and a half, will instead now channel water to the Pinillo reservoir in Torremolinos. Viñuela’s water levels now sit at around 22 per cent with only 35 cubic hectometres remaining. Since early January, Emasa had been diverting around 100 litres of water a second to Viñuela in the hope of slowing the rate at which water levels decreased. The same amount of water will now be sent to Pinillo after its own supplies fell due to lack of rainfall. Farmers are currently forced to cut their irrigation by 60 per cent despite the lack of watering bans for residents. The Junta said farmers will now be offered just 10 hectometres of water for irrigating this year compared to 23 hectometres.