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30th October 2015 Friday November Friday6th 29th January 2016
THE ITALIAN JOB Man killed in drug hit
ALEX TRELINSKI
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Second man has suffered a violent death in just over a week on the Orihuela Costa after three masked men, said to be Italian, burst into a Dehesa de Campoamor property killing a 49-year-old Italian national, as well tying up his girlfriend. An autopsy revealed that he suffered multiple stab wounds as well as being suf-
focated and beaten, with suffocation ruled as the actual cause of death. The incident in the early hours of Monday morning follows the fatal glassing of British chef Scott Waring in a Villamartin bar on Saturday January 16th. The attackers invaded the Campoamor apartment on Calle Vicente Blasco Ibáñez at between 2.00 and 3.00am on Monday according to the
Guardia Civil, and tied up the victim’s Romanian partner before beating up and stabbing the victim, who was discovered in a pool of blood, when emergency services arrived at the scene. The theory behind the hit is that the intruders were looking for cocaine and other drugs at the flat close to Caleta de la Glea beach, and when they were unable to obtain anything, they turned violent against the Italian resident, and left with three thousand euros, as well as some bottles of spirits. The Romanian woman confirmed to the authorities that the masked trio burst in and shouted “Where was the cocaine?” The Guardia discovered
that the house had been completely ransacked in the search for drugs with furniture overturned and mattresses slashed, in a fruitless attempt to find any secret compartments or stashes. They also turned over the allotted garage to the flat. It’s believed the men entered the building by climbing over a fence and getting through one of the windows. The un-named victim was said to have lived in the ground-floor rented property for around a year, with local residents saying that he pretty much kept himself to himself, though he did frequent a number of British owned bars in the area. Hehad no criminal record in Spain.
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