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e r a B s e i t i s s e c e N Expat accused of murder THE trial has begun for the British man accused of murdering an Irish holidaymaker in Mallorca. Paul Lee Waugh, 38, is on trial alongside his 40-yearold Spanish boss who is accused of helping Waugh to cover up the tourist's death. Aaron Henderson, 30, suffered serious head injuries after he was attacked outside Mulligans bar on Magaluf's infamous Punta Ballena strip on April 27, 2018. The father-of-four from County Derry, who was on holiday with his girlfriend at the time, suffered a bleed on the brain and died in Son Espases hospital four days after the assault. Initially it was thought that Henderson had suffered injuries sustained from a fall until a witness claimed that the victim was kicked in the head by Waugh, the bouncer of Mulligans on the popular party strip. Spanish cops then requested the CCTV footage taken at the time of the incident from the 40-year-old-defendant, who was employed as the pub’s manager. However, prosecutors say that the man failed to hand
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VICTIM: Aaron Henderson these over and invented a web of lies to protect his British employee. State prosecutors will demand a 12-year-prison sentence for Waugh if a jury finds him guilty of homicide. Both defendants deny the charges against them. Henderson was described by his father Paul as his ‘best friend’ and told how ‘his world fell apart’ when doctors explained that there was nothing that could be done to save his son.
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AN expat has been forced to value each item of clothing including her underwear - that she sent via a removal company from the UK. Patricia McKinley was stunned at having to list everything sent in packing cases as part of a permanent move to her new home in Guardamar (Costa Blanca). The businesswoman, from Leamington Spa, told the Olive Press how she ended up paying three times the previous quote she had been given for moving the 30kg package of clothes. “I was originally quoted €45 by a luggage-forwarding company, but ended up having to pay an extra €79, when I went back to wrap up my old house in January,” she said. The price hike from DHL Spain was down to a ‘double-whammy’ of two unexpected charges. Firstly a €40 levy for ‘additional paperwork’ and then €39 in IVA (VAT) payments on her clothes. “I had no idea about this charge and of course I had to pay it,” Patricia continued. “Despite insisting they must be kidding, DHL said they had to follow the rules arising from Brexit. “I never thought I would be moving to Spain and having to itemise my T-shirts at 50p each or my underwear,” she added. “At least they arrived quickly and I didn’t have to wait long.” This however, was not the case for Madrid-based Jemima Aus-
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terfield who was stunned when the postman demanded she pay €40.77 for a present that arrived TWO months after her birthday.
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The beaten up package, smaller than a shoe box, came late despite being sent by her mother from London two weeks before her birthday at the cost of £40 (€45). “My mother sent the packet with various gifts over ten weeks ago in the hope that the gifts would arrive in time for my birthday on February 6.” she told the Olive Press. But after several weeks the box arrived back in London with a note in Spanish saying they had been unable to deliver it in Madrid, presumably because the mother-of-two had not been at home to pay the fee on arrival. “My mother had to pay £30 (€33) pounds just to collect the package from the post office and then to pay the £40 again to resend it,” the caterer explained. It meant that over €160 was spent in order for Austerfield to receive the package, close to double the value of the contents
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FURIOUS: Austerfield was forced to fork out €160 within it. Under new rules that came in with the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1, all parcels, whether commercial or private, are required to have customs declaration forms. It means they may be subject to extra import taxes even if they are gifts. For packages being sent from the UK to countries within the EU, the rules now state that a CN22 or CN23 form is required to be displayed on the outside of the package as well as details of sender and recipient. Michael Smith, owner of Villamartin-based South Coast Removals told the Olive Press: “Things were really bad in January as nobody really had a clue what to do and what the rules meant, but at least it is settling down now.” He continued: “The only way of avoiding tax on transferring
goods like clothes from the UK is in the case of people moving permanently over to Spain.” To do this people emigrating would have to produce a recently-obtained NIE number; documented proof that they had sold their house; and a supporting letter from the Spanish consulate in the UK.
Costs
For everybody else, costs have rocketed, admitted Smith. “You need inventories for everything and customs officers will charge tax. Additionally, the paperwork for removal companies and agents has doubled and that means a hike in costs plus time delays in making deliveries. “Customers are seeing these costs passed on plus plus tax on top of that. It’s been very hard for everybody.”