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13 - 19 December 2018
By Joe Gerrard BRITISH police have asked the public for any information they may have about a 23year-old man who went missing in Spain after living in Malaga Province. West Mercia Police said Nixon Smith’s last known whereabouts were in Madrid Airport, where he was due to catch a connecting flight to Birmingham on November 19. He had been travelling in Spain and working on farms before arriving in the Costa del Sol area prior to going home about a month before Christmas. Investigators added the 23year-old Geography graduate, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, flew from Malaga Airport to the Spanish capital but did not board his flight home. Nixon’s parents David, 52, and Diane, 50, told British media they were ‘worried sick’ because he had previous-
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BRIT SEARCH: Nixon Smith (inset) disappeared in Madrid after flying from Malaga. ly been mugged and lost all his possessions. They added his behaviour was out of character as he regularly spoke to them and to other family members. “We last spoke to Nixon
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on November 17 when he told us he’d been mugged. He’s very family orientated so when he didn’t message his brother on his birthday we knew something wasn’t quite right,”
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Mrs Smith said. Nixon had been issued with an emergency passport by the British Consulate in Malaga City. He is described as being around 178 centimetres tall, of slim build, with green eyes and dark medium length curly hair tied in a pony tail. Nixon also has a
tattoo on his upper left arm and right wrist and has nose, ear and eye piercings. PC Alexandra Webb, of West Mercia Police, said anyone with information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, should contact investigators on 101 in Britain or email contact us@westmercia.police.uk.
AN Irish man who was allegedly a member of one of the largest gangs from the country has died after falling from a balcony in Marbella. Police allege that Michael Cumberton, who died last Saturday, was a member of the Kinahan gang. A post-mortem is due to take place on his death. Reports on the cause of death were conflicting yesterday (Wednesday). Some reports claimed he had committed suicide while others said the fall was accidental. Spanish police sources said there was no reason to believe a third party was involved. Irish Garda police sources said Cumberton had been staying in the Marbella apartment of Daniel Kinahan, head of the gang of the same name. The gang has been linked to multiple killings on the Costa del Sol and in Ireland in recent years. Many were said to have been committed in connection with a feud with a rival Irish gang.