Author: Bob James

Suicide
Images captured the moment security guards wrestled a teenage girl to the ground in a bid to stop
her plunging 65ft to her death in an apparent suicide pact.
A security guard hurled himself on top of the 14-year-old when she experienced a ‘moment’s
doubt’ after her school friend fell from the roof of the of El Corte Ingles shopping centre in Puerto
Banus
Moments earlier her friend, who has been named locally as 16-year-old Richard Fitzsimons, died
after he ‘jumped’ from the top of the building.… Read all the news

Catalunia
The Solicitor General, who represents the Spanish state in the courts, will not accuse Catalan secessionist leaders of rebellion. Instead, the written accusation due to be filed today will focus on the crimes of sedition and misuse of public funds in connection with the unauthorized referendum last october and the unilateral independence declaration that followed.
The Solicitor General’s Office has ruled out the rebellion charge against nine separatist leaders who are in pretrial detention. Rebellion was the most serious of all the accusations against them, and it underpinned the Supreme Court’s criminal inquiry into the unilateral independence push.… Read all the news

Missing
The search is on for a 12 year old girl from Palma de Majorca after her School phoned her parents on Wednesday afternoon to say the girl had not arrived for lessons.
But 12 hours later, the family of Josefa Sanchez Cortes found a message on her Instagram, which is accessible via her brother’s iPad.
AS much as you go to the police, you will not find her… no matter how much you look for her, you will never see her again.”… Read all the news

Safe Refuge
A Christian woman who escaped hanging when her conviction for blasphemy was overturned is preparing to flee Pakistan, as huge crowds of Islamist protesters launched a second day of protests against her acquittal.
Asia Bibi’s brother said she would leave Pakistan after her formal release, a day after she was cleared of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row over a cup of water.
Today protesters took to the streets again, calling for her to be executed, demanding the judges who freed her be killed and burning tyres on major roads across the country.… Read all the news

Safe Refuge
A Christian woman who escaped hanging when her conviction for blasphemy was overturned is preparing to flee Pakistan, as huge crowds of Islamist protesters launched a second day of protests against her acquittal.
Asia Bibi’s brother said she would leave Pakistan after her formal release, a day after she was cleared of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row over a cup of water.
Today protesters took to the streets again, calling for her to be executed, demanding the judges who freed her be killed and burning tyres on major roads across the country.… Read all the news

Prostitution
Fifteen young Brazilian transsexuals were threatened with black magic as they were pimped to clients in Murcia.
Spanish police said yesterday that they rescued the victims and arrested 13 people throughout the country accused of running the sex trafficking ring.
The criminal bosses used beatings, drugs and black magic ‘to coerce’ the prostitutes.
In addition authorities seized three apartments in Murcia where they found items relating to black magic and the ritualistic Santeria religion.
The police said: ‘The criminal group was headed by a Brazilian national, who ..… Read all the news

Catalan Separatism
The separatist government of Quim Torra has inaugurated ‘The Council of the Republic in exile”, an organization headed by fugitive former president Carles Puigdemont. It aims to promote the Catalan cause abroad after the failed independence declaration last year. The idea was announced last week after the two main pro-independence parties managed to overcome their differences over who will be in charge of the organization and how it should operate.

Collision
Barcelona authorities say a cargo ship has collided with a loading crane in the city’s port, causing a fire.… Read all the news

Corruption
The vice president of Spain’s football association (RFEF), Andreu Subies, has been arrested as part of a police operation that also saw former president Angel Maria Villar resign on corruption charges.
Subies, the former president of the Catalan Football Federation joined the Spanish FA in May after Luis Rubiales was appointed president.
A police spokesman said Subies had been detained as part of an active investigation into the diversion of money from the Federation.
Along with Subies, another member of the Federation was arrested yesterday as part of the Police operation.… Read all the news

Drugs
Spanish police have blocked the creation of one of the largest Breaking Bad-style drug labs in Europe after 16 people were arrested – including seven in Britain.
The operation saw nearly 15,000 litres of chemical products seized which officers say would have been used to make £5million worth of amphetamines and ecstasy.
Seven people in Spain and two in France have been held alongside the seven in the UK. The operation involved French police and Britain’s National Crime Agency.
The UK arrests took place after a £4million haul of cannabis smuggled into the Port of Liverpool on a ship that had docked from Spain was seized.… Read all the news

Barcelona Raids
Police arrested at least 55 people in Barcelona Yesterday during a massive crackdown on apartments used for migrant and drug trafficking in the Catalonia region.
More than 700 investigating agents and 150 local police officers took part in the anti-drug trafficking operation.
Police said the operation came after a two-year investigation into the rings running the drug den apartments.
A court in Barcelona authorized 40 searches on such apartments, also known as “narco flats,” in the central Raval and Gotic neighborhoods.… Read all the news