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ISSUE NO. 1761
4 - 10 April 2019
Storm damage RECENT bad weather has left a trail of destruction across some Axarquia beaches. Both Cotobro and Velilla beaches in Almuñecar have reportedly been badly affected after a perimeter fence failed to prevent the bank from collapsing, despite the presence of rocks to safeguard the beach. Almuñecar’s councillor for the Environment, Luis Aragon, said Velilla beach had been affected by loss of sand next to the breakwater and the water park; as well as Cotobro beach, the coast at Marina del Este and beaches at the Peña Parda end of La Herradura. The councillor explained it would be “very difficult” to replace the lost sand before tourists begin arriving for their Easter breaks. He added all administrations would have to work together to achieve this in the two weeks before Holy Week, including the town hall, Junta de Andalucia and Spain’s central government’s Costas Department. Opposition PSOE politicians are reportedly claiming the storm damage is a result of a lack of spending on Spain’s coastlines during the seven years of a conservative central government. Easter is one of the busiest times of the year for Spanish and international tourists in Almuñecar and La Herradura, with some hotels reporting 100 per cent occupancy during the break last year.
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Man ‘made to eat lizard’ by Sally Underwood POLICE are investigating a 21-year-old man accused of inciting a mentally disabled person to eat a lizard before filming the incident for social media. The suspect is also alleged to have caused €34,000 of damage vandalising the historic Bezmiliana fortress in Rincon de la Victoria and has since been arrested on suspicion of crimes against moral integrity and property damage. Local Police began investigating after discovering the alleged video online as part of the inquiries into identifying those responsible for graffiti throughout Rincon de la Victoria. Officers claim they were able to identify a 21-year-old man from the video and whose initials allegedly respond to the letters NLC sprayed onto the centuries-old Bezmiliana building. The town’s mayor, Francisco Salado, said: “The damage has been repaired by the council at a cost of €33,640.25, along with the cost of installing surveillance cameras to protect the property. A sum that will be reclaimed from the person responsible the vandalism.” Following police investiga-
ON CAMERA: Police believe they have identified the man responsible using footage. tions of footage from the alleged incident, Mayor Salado claimed: “It has been clarified that the alleged perpetrator of the graffiti is also the alleged perpetrator of a crime against the moral integrity of a disabled person, a local resident, aged 26… who was subjected to degrading treatment, being incited to eat a lizard, which [the suspect] recorded on video to later publish on social networks, adding to it a graphic drawing of a lizard.” Deputy inspector Juan Antonio Ruiz Urdiales said:
“This is the first breakthrough in pioneering research which began in November and that extends throughout the entire municipality, focusing on Bezmiliana due to the seriousness of the damage caused.”
Malaga Local Police officer, Juan Andrades, said: “We have been working on this type of crime for more than three years, in which time we have made about 20 arrests in collaboration with
the National Police.” Mayor Salado confirmed: “we are going to put an end to this vandalism graffiti that occurs in our historical-cultural heritage, and other points of the municipality.”