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Landfill charges dropped PROSECUTORS have requested that a Torrox Court drop criminal proceedings against several businessmen and politicians charged in connection with an illegal rubbish tip in Nerja. Malaga’s Provincial Prosecutors Office wrote to judges at the court to request that charges against around 20 out of the 40 originally placed under investigation be dropped. The probe into the River La Miel site has been ongoing since it was shut in 2016. These include Jonathan Mendez, Jose Alberto Tome and Antonio Garcia of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and Nerja Council’s infrastructure spokesperson Jose Maria Rivas, of the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE). Charges against the Junta de Andalucia’s Environmental representive in Malaga Province, Adolfo Moreno, have also been dropped. The current and former mayors of Nerja, Rosa Arrabal (PSOE) and Jose Alberto Armijo (PP) respectively, are still under investigation. A number of councillors and workers for businesses connected with the site also still have charges against them. The allegedly illegal dump operated at the River La Miel between June 1998 and September 2016.
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UNDER THREAT: The shelter (inset) is looking to rehouse its dogs.
Dog home appeal EXCLUSIVE By Joe Gerrard A NERJA animal shelter is calling for locals to take in their dogs after they were told they faced closure over a noise complaint. APA Esperanza Station, founded in 2015, is a charity that takes in animals who are strays or who have been abandoned or mistreated. Paul Nicol, 39, is a volun-
teer at the shelter. He told Euro Weekly News he and his team had been informed they had 15 days to close the shelter after the complaint was made. “We’re in a difficult situation now and we’re looking for the support of the community to help us by taking in our dogs,” he said. The Nerja resident, who has been volunteering at the shelter for around two years, added there were
about 50 dogs there. “We’ve organised a gathering at the Balcon de Europa in Nerja this Saturday at around 11am so anyone interesting in helping us is
welcome to come along. “We have a big following on Facebook and I have been told by some they would stop coming to Nerja if we close,” he said.
Body found LOCAL POLICE officers have found the corpse of an elderly German woman at her home in Velez-Malaga. Police were called out to the home by neighbours on Calle Felipe el Hermoso at around 6.45pm last Saturday. They told the 112 Emergency Services line there was a strong smell coming from the 72-year-old’s sixth-floor apartment. Local Police officers were joined by firefighters who had to help them gain access to the flat. Emergency Services personnel found the 72-year-old’s body lying under a table in the hallway. Police said the corpse showed no sign of having died a violent death and initial theories from authorities point to the causes being natural. Emergency services believe the body could have been in the flat for as much as one month. National Police officers were called in to help remove the corpse and authorities have opened a probe into the death.