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ISSUE NO. 1759
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TRIAL: Klavina disappeared in September 2014.
Brits in court Two on trial for Agnese disappearance
By Joe Gerrard TWO British defendants accused of kidnapping a missing Latvian woman in Marbella in 2014 appeared in a Malaga City court on Monday for the start of their trial. Prosecutors have asked Malaga Provincial Court to jail Westley Capper, 41, and Craig Porter, 37, for 12 years if found guilty over the disappearance of Agnese Klavina. She was aged 30 at the time. The defendants stand accused of bundling Klavina into Capper’s Mercedes after meeting her in a Puerto Banus nightclub on September 6, 2014. Prosecutor Maria del Carmen Tirado Galvez told the court Capper and Porter had made Klavina disappear after
she ‘caused a fuss’ and tried to get out of the Mercedes. Capper, originally from Essex and Porter, from Liverpool, later dumped her body in the Mediterranean, Tirado Galvez claimed. Both defendants deny any wrongdoing. They claim the 30-year-old agreed to go with them and that she had to be carried part of the way to the car because she was drunk. CCTV footage shown in court appeared to show Klavina being forced into Capper’s car. Investigators who examined the footage previously claimed it also showed nightclub bouncer Siene Ousmane, also standing trial, holding the door closed to stop her getting out. Prosecutors also asked Capper about a suitcase and carpet
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found aboard his boat some four days after the disappearance. He claimed it contained his clothes that he had taken to Ibiza for ‘closing parties.’ Find Agnese Klavina, a group set up to raise awareness of the case, is aiming to raise €5,000 from a GoFundMe appeal to cover some of the trial costs. The group said the thoughts and well-wishes of the public had given them enormous comfort and inspiration. “This is our time to show
that Spanish justice can prevail and that an innocent woman’s life will not be cast aside and forgotten,” the group said. Capper and Porter were both arrested and charged in connection with Klavina’s disappearance in 2016 following an 18-month investigation. Investigators probing Klavina’s disappearance believe she may now be dead, with her phone having lost signal about five hours after she went missing. The trial continues.
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