News
The people’s paper Issue No. 1882
29 July - 4 Aug 2021
Pocapecunia moves NERJA charity shop Pocapecunia is moving. The shop on Calle Bellavista will close its doors on August 1 and move to near the Parador. The new store will be near the fountain where the Parador is, opposite Trebol, next to the bakery on Prolongacion Rodriguez Acosta. Pocapecunia’s Nicole Brouwers said: “You can also leave your unwanted clothing at our new location but also in front of the old shop.” She added “In August I might be open a few hours in the evening” from 7pm to 9pm. Speaking about the move, Nichole said: “Hope to see you there and thanks for your donations.”
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British Legion donations THE Nerja British Legion has been collecting food for children. At the association’s last lunch members were asked to bring breakfast cereals for the Solidaria Nerja food bank. Members donated several boxes, which will now be given to children by the Nerja food bank. The Nerja British Legion thanked everyone who had donated.
Dog owner arrested NATIONAL POLICE officers in Velez-Malaga have arrested a 62year-old resident of the town for the crime of alleged animal abuse towards her dog, after she was found to have been keeping the dog in a deplorable, neglected condition, on the terrace of her home, without providing it with the veterinary assistance it was clearly in need of.
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Wheelchair hit-and-run victim GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Granada have apprehended a driver who was involved in a hit-and-run incident in the municipality of Atarfe on Thursday, July 8, who fled the scene of the accident after colliding with a pedestrian in a wheelchair who was crossing a pedestrian crossing at the time. According to a statement for the Guardia Civil, the incident occurred at around 5.55pm, at Km 4,989 of the GR-3417 in Atarfe, with the driver hitting into the wheelchair-bound pedestrian, before speeding away from the crash without stopping to check on his victim, leaving the man having to be transferred to a nearby hospital in Granada City for treatment. An investigation was launched into the incident, with officers taking statements from eyewitnesses at the scene of the accident, and viewing footage from security cameras located at the pedestrian crossing, and in the vicinity, which enabled them to identify the vehicle, and subsequently trace its location, along with the driver.
CAPPER: Was known for his lavish and sometimes violent lifestyle.
WESTLEY CAPPER, 44, son of British millionaire John Capper, died on Monday, July 26, in a Marbella hos‐ pital, reportedly from a stroke while fighting Covid‐19. Few are willing to speak openly of his death. One long‐time Costa de Sol resi‐ d e n t t o l d Eu r o W e e k l y News on Tuesday July 27, “Everyone is too scared to say anything.” Capper, who was brand‐ ed a ‘hit‐and‐run killer’ es‐ caped jail in Spain in 2020 despite confessing to the 2016 hit‐and‐run zebra crossing killing of a mother‐ of‐three, Fatima Dorado, in his father’s high‐powered Bentley.
Essex‐born and privately educated Capper, whose wealthy father John made his fortune from real es‐ tate, was able to avoid prison after striking a deal with prosecutors following a compensation pay out to the victim’s family. Judge Ignacio Navas Hi‐ dalgo said he could remain a free man as long as he stayed out of trouble for the next three years and attended a road safety ed‐ ucation course. The Brit expat, who was known for his lavish and sometimes violent lifestyle, also avoided jail after being cleared of kidnapping Ag‐ nese Klavina from a night‐ club in Puerto Banus in
September 2014. CCTV footage showed Capper and his accomplice, Craig Porter, apparently forcing the young Latvian into his Mercedes S63. Capper and Porter admit‐ ted leaving with her, but Porter claims to have fallen asleep as soon as he got in‐ to the car, while Capper said he left her near her flat in San Pedro de Alcan‐ tara before contradicting himself during a recon‐ struction, leading a judge to describe his statement as “improbable.” Her family maintains that Capper was responsible for her disappearance and the family’s lawyer said she is “at the bottom of the sea.”
INVESTIGATION: Police identified the driver.