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ISSUE NO. 1754
14 - 20 February 2019
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Julen’s parents just want to know the facts JULEN’S parents, Victoria Sanchez and Jose Rosello, have attended the Malaga court investigating a possible ca se o f n e g l i g en t mansla u g h t e r o v e r th e death of their toddler last month. According to Spanish media, the couple went to the proceedings to learn how their son died, and ‘are the first people to want to get to t h e b o t t o m o f th e facts.’ The family are said to have employed a Malagabased lawyer to represent them during the investigation. The judge presiding over the inv e st i g a t i o n h a s already made a ruling over a claim made by the owner of land where Julen fell down a 72-metre borehole. David Serrano’s lawyers had asked the judge to name him a ‘personada,’ a legal title naming someone as an interested party in a trial and allowing them access to the details of the proceedings.
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By Sally Underwood
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SEEKING JUSTICE: Jose and Victoria, pictured with sons Julen (centre forward) and Oliver, want the truth. T h e ju d g e d en ied t he claim, saying Serrano had, “not specified what grounds he has to ask for this; an essential point in applying for it, either as an injured party or as someone under investigation.” T h e s a me c o u rt h as a uthorised a series of measures to secure the site w h ere th e in cid en t to ok
Mayor accused over ‘illegal’ wells THE mayor of Totalan, where two-year-old Julen died in January, has been accused of illegally granting permission for drilling wells in exchange for votes. A member of opposition party Izquierda Unida (IU), Jesus de Oses Gomez, accused Mayor Miguel Angel of allowing three ‘illegal’ wells to be drilled near the farm where the toddler fell down a 72-metre borehole. Jesus de Oses Gomez said the mayor had failed to prevent the wells “with a clear electoral intention.” The mayor declined to respond to the allegations in the Spanish media.
place, however. The judge ruled specialists could carry out work to reinforce the area where large amounts of earth were re move d to pre ve nt la nd movement once the Guardia Civil has finished its investigations. These works, which will begin this week, will include shoring up embank-
me nts a nd s lope s . In the me a ntime , the c ourt w ill
continue to collect reports and statements to carry out its investigation in the negligent homicide case. Jose Rosello reportedly t ol d pol i ce he had been fetching fire wood to make paella during a family trip t o a r ur al pl ot i n Tot al an when he saw Julen, who was allegedly between 10 and 15 m et r es away from him, run towards the well. Jose cl ai m ed he r an t o catch the boy, but Julen fell down t he bor ehol e and coul d be hear d cr yi ng for around 30 seconds. He said he removed stones f r om ar ound t he m out h of t he hol e t o pr event anything falling on Julen and t r i ed t o r eassur e t he boy.
Kidnapped POLICE have intercepted a Moroccan man as he allegedly tried to smuggle two of his children out of Spain at Motril Port. The 43-year-old, who is a resident of Ambers in Belgium, is said to have taken the toddlers from their home in the Netherlands without consent before attempting to cross them over to Morocco by ferry. Members of the National Police arrested the man during a vehicle boarding check as he attempted to drive onto the Nador ferry. After asking for identification for the four occupants of the car, they reportedly found the children, aged one and three, who were on a missing person’s list. It was also discovered there was a Dutch international arrest warrant for the man. The children were taken into care in Granada before relatives of the children and an employee from a Dutch children’s home came to collect them.