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AMY: Buried in Mijas? SPANISH police have ruled out that Irish hitman Eric ‘Lucky’ Wilson could be involved in the disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick. They emailed Amy’s mother, Audrey, to confirm he is not regarded as a possible suspect. Audrey and partner Dave Mahon have previously suggested the involvement of the hitman – who is currently serving a 23-year sentence in a Spanish prison for the brutal killing of British man Dan Smith in 2011.
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It comes as the Olive Press reveals new evidence on the case, in particular links to a Scottish man, who may have been the last person to see her alive. Further claims insist she may have been buried at Mijas racecourse. The coroner’s report on the death of Amy’s brother Dean meanwhile has been delayed for another six months and sent to the Prosecution office to prepare a full case. It means his killer, Audrey’s partner Dave Mahon, continues to live in Calahonda unsure if he will be charged for last year’s killing. Dean’s father Christopher sent his son a 24th birthday message this month, adding that ‘your little sister Amy will be thinking of you today, no matter where in the world she is’. See Amy Lies Here? Page 6
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HE has been one of the best known faces on the Costa del Sol for decades. Famous for his radio show Barrie’s Big Band Bonanza, he is a regular at many charity events and a long time member of the Costa Press Club. But today the Olive Press can link Barrie Nathan to a multimillion euro financial fraud, run by his close friend Nigel Goldman, who fled the Costa del Sol last year and is being sought by police. Nathan, 72, a presenter on Talk Radio Europe (TRE), became a crucial part of Goldman’s notorious criminal game - whether unwittingly or not - and appears to have personally profited from it, it can be revealed. In new evidence it emerges that he not only helped to seduce victims and shared a car and chauffeur with Goldman, but he also received payments into his UK bank account from at least one victim. While Nathan last night refused all knowledge of his best friend’s ‘misdemeanours’, his connection is proved however by bank statements belonging to a victim of Goldman’s dodgy investment schemes,
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Popular radio DJ dragged into multi-million euro Goldman fraud scandal Geoffrey Whitton. Whitton, a writer from Cornwall currently based in Madrid, was instructed to transfer £10,000 to a Natwest account in the name of Barrie Nathan on May 8 2012. He believed he was investing in Goldman’s financial companies Harvard Private Client and International Financial Investment. The account is registered to a branch in Bromley, South London. “Goldman told me to put my money into Nathan’s account, the initial deposit was for £10,000,” said Whitton, a former chef at Kensington Palace. “I wasn’t told who he is or given
PALS: Nathan and Goldman shared a chauffeur
EXCLUSIVE By Tom Powell any contact details for him. I have never met him and I don’t know what his role is,” Whitton said. “I just know he received my money.” Within the next two months he received two payments back from Nathan totalling
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£3,750 on May 24 2012 and another £1,786.50 on June 29, both times with the reference ‘NG’ – those unmistakable initials. Nathan told the Olive Press last night, he could not remember any transfers to or from Whitton and that if there had been any, ‘it was probably money I was owed by Nigel’. He said: “I have no knowledge of Geoffrey Whitton or those payments. I have never ever had anything to do with Nigel Goldman like that. “There were times when he had to return money to me which might explain the transfers,” he claimed. “Money was only transferred into my account if it was on behalf of Nigel Goldman.” However, he added: “I have never received a penny in commission.” Either way, his long time Continues on Page 2
THE mayor of Marbella is suing a well known lawyer over claims that she improperly declared her investments abroad. Maria Angeles is suing Antonio Flores, of Lawbird, after he spoke to the press regarding her alleged failure to declare that she and husband Lars Broberg took out a €3.1 million equity release mortgage with Swiss bank Nordea in 2010. Munoz has accused the brief of ‘professional misconduct’, claiming he was the main source in recent media reports concerning her allegedly undeclared assets.
Insulting As well as investments in Luxembourg, Munoz and Swede Broberg allegedly bought a 98% share in Gibraltarian company Crasel Limited, in 2003. The town hall has reported the lawyer, who has a column with the Olive Press, to the Law Society. Spokesman for the town hall, Felix Romero, claimed Flores ‘went against professional ethics by giving insulting statements to the press, and distributing them across the internet’. Flores insisted: “I have not been disrespectful towards her. I only said that she had either deliberately not declared her investments, or that she was a victim of the bank, like many others.” Concerns were first raised Continues on Page 2