Illegal Immigration
FOUR people accused of facilitating illegal immigration and worker exploitation, have been arrested in Palma.
Three of the detained are Pakistani, and the fourth a Spanish businessman based in Mallorca.
Sources revealed middle-aged Pakistani men were being brought to the island with the offer of good jobs. Instead they were working up to 16 hours a day on low wages .. and were threatened with violence if they reported their situation to the police.
A police operation resulted in raids on various addresses, and documentation related to fictitious companies seized, together with an NIE obtained using a passport that had apparently been stolen from a British citizen.
Earth Quake
An Earth Quake was felt across the Murcia region yesterday morning.
According to Spain’s National Geographical Institute, classrooms in schools in Lorca were evacuated as a precaution.
Furniture shook and buildings vibrated west of the city.
However, no major damage has been reported.
The earthquake reportedly stretched across a 60km radius.
Jail
A sex attacker who fled to Spain following a string of attacks on women and children has been jailed for life.
David MacBride, who’s 44 and from from Fife, was brought back to Scotland from Spain earlier this year after failing to turn up for a court hearing in 2016.
He will serve a minimum of nine years and three months in prison.
He was also given an order for lifelong restriction meaning he could spend life in prison and, if released, would remain on licence for the rest of his life.
MacBride was convicted earlier this year on rape and sexual assault charges.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching bail by failing to attend a procedural hearing at the High Court because he had gone to Spain.