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ISSUE NO. 1707
22 - 28 March 2018
MALLORCA
Newspaper in Spain 2018
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Tragedy strikes A young British man who fell to his death from a Palma de Mallorca balcony has been named. James Walton, 22, was on a placement year from Sheffield Hallam University and was killed after a St Patrick’s Day party with friends. Doctors said the language student died due to fatal head injuries after plummeting from a fourth floor balcony onto the pavement below. Originally from Ealing in London, he had been in Mallorca since last September to work as a global loyalty intern at Melia Hotels International. The placement was part of his Bachelor’s degree in Languages with International Business, of which he was in his third year. Detectives currently believe that he lost his balance after a heavy drinking session with workmates and friends visiting from the UK. A post-mortem examination took place yesterday. James’ body was found lying on Calle Aragon in Palma city centre by a pedestrian early on Sunday morning.
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by Matt Ford
Medics pronounced him dead at the scene after attempts to revive him failed. His friends reportedly had no idea that he had fallen until police knocked on the door of their flat. Investigators are not currently treating the incident as suspicious, and an official confirmed: “At this point in time everything is pointing towards it being accidental.” Friends have paid tribute to him via Facebook, with Melia colleague Maja Jaroszewska writing: “Words can’t describe how heartbroken we feel to have lost you so soon and so unexpected. “You are forever in our
hearts. We will remember you, doing your amazing dance moves and winning dance offs with strangers. “Thank you for being in my life.” A Foreign Office official told UK media: “We are in touch with local police and are providing bereavement advice to his family, following the death of a British man in Mallorca.”
FATAL PLUNGE: The block of flats from which James (inset) fell.
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Corruption appeal bid PROSECUTORS have requested that the Spanish Supreme Court extend the sentences of Iñaki Urdangarin and Diego Torres to 10 and more than 12 years respectively. The request comes as Urdangarin’s lawyers asked for an acquittal, arguing he was not involved in the corruption alleged by prosecutors. Urdangarin and Torres were both found guilty by a court in Palma of embezzlement, fraud and tax offences while working for the Balearic Islands Forum in 2005 and 2006. Urdangarin was sentenced to six years and three months in prison and Torres to eight and a half years by the court. The hearings continue.