murder of Jose Antonio C.R. on March 22 in Nijar was a crime of passion

murder of Jose Antonio C.R. on March 22 in Nijar was a crime of passion and have arrested three suspects, all local residents. The victim’s body was found on March 22 on a rural road in Nijar. Investigations led them to believe that that the victim had arranged a meeting that night with Maria del Carmen C.A., with whom he had a personal relationship, and it was at their meeting place the three were allegedly waiting for him.Guardia Civil forensic experts meticulously scoured the crime scene and found evidence to lead them to the suspects Juan Jose G.S (33), Maria del Carmen C.A. (34) and Agustin M.L. (29), all residing in Nijar. The case was solved in just over two days and has now been handed over to the Courts of Almeria.

40-year-old man was assaulted with a knife in Alicante

40-year-old man was assaulted with a knife in Alicante. Emergency services where called to report a wounded man on Calle Madrid. The Service for Medical Emergences (Samu) arrived at the scene to find a man with a stab wound to the chest and immediately took him to the Hospital General of Alicante.Police are currently investigating the circumstances in which the aggression happened, but as of yet have no details on the aggressor or the motive.

Police have arrested 20 people in Malaga, as part of ‘Operacion Reja’, on suspicion of carrying out a series of robberies

Police have arrested 20 people in Malaga, as part of ‘Operacion Reja’, on suspicion of carrying out a series of robberies. The police operation was launched last month after the province suffered a spate of robberies from chemist’s shops. Out of the 20 arrests, 11 were for aggravated burglarly with a firearm and nine for robbery using a lethal weapon. The last three arrests took place last week. The detainees are also suspected of having robbed a hairdressing salon.

joint Guardia Civil-Inland Revenue operation 23 people have been arrested across nine provinces (including Malaga and Almeria) accused of several offences ranging from tax fraud, falsifying documents and illegal association

joint Guardia Civil-Inland Revenue operation 23 people have been arrested across nine provinces (including Malaga and Almeria) accused of several offences ranging from tax fraud, falsifying documents and illegal association. Those arrested were part of an organisation that converted industrial-use diesel (‘gasoleo bonificado’, types B and C, used for farm machinery and heating) into regular diesel (‘gasoleo ordinario’, type A) used in vehicles. During the operation called ‘Toelum II’ police seized: 25 properties, four investment funds, 18 lorries, 21 vehicles, three motorbikes and three trailers. The total value of the items seized is estimated at four million euros. During the early part of the investigation, police found installations in Toledo and Madrid used to ‘clean’ and adulterate the cheaper industrial- use diesel. The gang then sold it on as the more expensive type ‘A’ diesel to petrol stations and other organisations (some of which knew about the scam). Following further enquiries, tax evasion fraud was uncovered, valued at 6.7 million euros, calculated between 2004 and 2008. It was also found that around 4.5 million litres of diesel type ‘B’ was mixed with 13 million litres of oil and other unknown substances with the aim of increasing the total volume of product that could be sold.Set as favorite

Police have arrested a 40-year-old Cuban doctor accused of stealing 126 morphine phials from the A&E department at Marbella’s Costa del Sol Hospital

Police have arrested a 40-year-old Cuban doctor accused of stealing 126 morphine phials from the A&E department at Marbella’s Costa del Sol Hospital, where he had worked as an intern since December 2008. An investigation was launched after police received information from hospital chiefs on March 2 that morphine phials had started going missing from hospital crash trolleys over a period of several shifts. During the enquiry officers established that the trolleys were equipped with all the basic equipment necessary for dealing with cardiac arrests and other emergencies. A crash trolley typically holds a defibrillator and intravenous medications, plus a variety of medical supplies. Access to crash trolleys is limited and their contents highly controlled. This should have allowed police to compile a short-list of suspects, narrowed down to medical staff who worked the shifts when the phials went missing. However, the hospital’s police report also indicated that the morphine phials had been taken by someone breaking the seals on the trolley and on the last few occasions forcing the lid of the trolley open. By cross-referencing the shift patterns of medical staff with the dates when the phials went missing, they managed to identify the culprit as a doctor who had worked there on a temporary basis and whose contract at the hospital had finished at the end of February. The suspect is not thought to have a criminal record.

Giuseppe Liga Italian police arrested Liga, 60, believed to have inherited command of the most powerful Cosa Nostra clan in Palermo.

Italian police on Monday arrested a well-connected and seemingly respectable architect in Sicily who they believe has taken over the command of the most powerful Mafia clan in the city of Palermo.
Giuseppe Liga Italian police arrested Liga, 60, believed to have inherited command of the most powerful Cosa Nostra clan in Palermo. Liga, a well-known architect who claimed to have a range of political connections, was named by informants as having taken over the Lo Piccolo family after clan chiefs Salvatore Lo Piccolo and his brother Sandro were arrested in 2007.
(Franco Lannino/EPA)Investigators have been on Giuseppe Liga's trail for the past two years since they found references to him in pizzini -- coded messages used by clan members to communicate -- found in their secret hide outs. During the long and intricate investigation, Liga's phones were tapped, his home bugged and he was secretly videoed and taped as he went about his daily business in the city.
Italian TV news yesterday showed police video of what they say is him receiving an envelope stuffed with extortion money. Four mafia clan-members-turned-state-witness have told investigators that Liga took over the Lo Piccolo "family business" after the clan boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, and his brother Sandro, were arrested in November 2007.

Wayne Dundon will travel to Spain in the coming days

release of Wayne Dundon from Wheatfield Prison in Dublin.
Dundon, who recently turned 33, is a one of the key members of the notorious Dundon-McCarthy criminal gang, which are based in the Ballinacurra Weston area of the city.
He was released from Wheatfield Prison on Friday morning after completing a lengthy sentence for threatening to kill barman, Ryan Lee, at Brannigan's Bar, Mulgrave Street in 2004.Dundon was initially sentenced to ten years in prison but that sentence was reduced to seven years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.Ryan Lee's uncle, Steve Collins, was informed of Wayne Dundon's release by gardai in Limerick.
It is expected that Wayne Dundon will travel to the continent in the coming days.

gypsy clan known as Los Franceses was shot to death in Aguilas, Murcia, by members of the feared Los Pertolos clan, based in Albox.

officers from Murcia, Almeria, Sevilla and Ciudad Real have arrested three men suspected of attempted manslaughter in Albox, as part of an operation codenamed Peque. The investigation began in August 2008 when a man belonging to a gypsy clan known as Los Franceses was shot to death in Aguilas, Murcia, by members of the feared Los Pertolos clan, based in Albox.

Almeria Port arrested three people aged between 24 and 33 for crimes against public health

Almeria Port arrested three people aged between 24 and 33 for crimes against public health after they were found to be carrying hashish in their intestines. The Guardia Civil officers were carrying out routine controls of passengers disembarking from the ferry from Nador in Morocco. The men became obviously nervous when they saw the officers and were asked to step aside for a more extensive search. They were then asked to submit to an x-ray which revealed foreign bodies in their digestive tracts. They were all taken before a judge.

car chase ripped through the city streets, during which shots were fired. The National Police chased the silver BMW X5 from Benidorm to Altea

car chase ripped through the city streets, during which shots were fired. The National Police chased the silver BMW X5 from Benidorm to Altea, where two local police cars joined in the chase and the car eventually smashed into an electricity pylon. Police discovered three large 40 cms cartons in the boot containing quantities of hashish. However, the three men managed to escape on foot, despite some 20 police combing the local area for an hour after the event.

kidnapped, tortured and threatened a man with killing, after he allegedly stole a quantity of the drugs

drugs ring that is believed to have organized the dispatch of hashish in Alicante and Murcia has been dismantled. In a joint operation between the Guardia Civil in Alicante and National Police in Murcia which was launched in November 2009, a group of 12 people have been arrested in possession of 30 kilograms of hashish, 9 000 euros in cash, four vehicles, a weapon and false Guardia Civil identification.The investigation also found that they had kidnapped, tortured and threatened a man with killing, after he allegedly stole a quantity of the drugs. The group is charged with drug trafficking, kidnapping and contravening moral integrity.

Two men have been detained in Alicante, accused of initiating fraudulent ‘phishing’ operations via the internet.

Two men have been detained in Alicante, accused of initiating fraudulent ‘phishing’ operations via the internet. Police sources report that the perpetrators were responsible for embezzling quantities of up to 5 775 euros by hacking into internet banking accounts and intercepting transfers. The bank concerned has apologized for the inconvenience caused and all monies been returned to their rightful owners.

40-year old Polish man has been detained in Orihuela, having escaped bail for several crimes committed in his home territory

40-year old Polish man has been detained in Orihuela, having escaped bail for several crimes committed in his home territory. The man was arrested after appearing drunk at the 24-hour shop on Calle Ramón Sijé, and bothering the Sales Assistant. On his arrest Police discovered that the man has been wanted by Interpol since 2005, for various crimes including alleged sexual aggression against his sister. The man is being held in Madrid and is awaiting extradition back to Poland.

Moroccan man was found dead in his cell at Alhaurin de la Torre prison last weekend

Moroccan man was found dead in his cell at Alhaurin de la Torre prison last weekend. The man had arrived at the prison a week earlier from Melilla and was due to be transferred to the Puerto III Prison in Cadiz. His cell was searched and an autopsy was carried out, which revealed that he was carrying hashish pellets in his digestive tract.This was also revealed to guards by another inmate, who had previously caused for help after his cellmate collapsed. The deceased man apparently had a reaction from the drugs. He had been in prison for two years for minor crimes and still had three years left to serve.

Bank Manager does a RUNNER

bank manager from Cáceres is missing, along with a million €. The alleged theft took place in the village of Madrigalejo, Cáceres, from the Bancorreos office.Abel F. has been missing, along with the clients’ money since Thursday last week, and among the 30 accounts which he allegedly raided were many belonging to people who considered the bank manager their friend.20 Minutos reports that he has even taken money from the study fund from his own son. His wife and children remain living in the town.
Bancorreos has placed a denuncia and is attending to those who say money has been removed from their account. They say a mission million € is a lot of money from a village with just 2,000 inhabitants.

Junta de Andalucía has asked for patience from the foreigners who find themselves to be living in property now deemed to be illegal.

Junta de Andalucía has asked for patience from the foreigners who find themselves to be living in property now deemed to be illegal. The Councillor for Housing and Territorial Ordination, Juan Espadas, commented that the LOUA territorial ordination law was not a law to a single end, adding that guarantees would be given to purchasers. However he told journalists that in the cases where the property could be brought into legality it would be the owner who is expected to compensate the municipality, either by the payment of a sum of money or by handing over land. He referred to this idea as ‘criterio de equivalencia’ saying it was needed because it would be impossible to return the site to how it was given that an illegal property had been built on it.He said that those homes already built and occupied would be looked at case by case, and that in the most delicate cases where legalisation was not possible, compensation would be paid when necessary. However he repeated earlier comments that homes could not be legalised with the sweep of a pen.

British Colony in Spain

Opposition notes that the description of Gibraltar used by the Spanish National Police shows a complete lack of respect for our identity which is so common with officialdom in Spain. This follows the report to the police lodged by Gibraltarian victim Daniel Buhagiar who was recently attacked in La Linea.revealed yesterday that the Spanish National Police, who filled in the report, come under the Ministry of the Interior in Madrid, and that when quoting Mr Buhagiar's place of birth, the Spanish National Police filled it in as "the British Colony in Spain (United Kingdom), United Kingdom." When quoting Mr Buhagiar's place of residence, the National Police filled the form in as "the British Colony in Spain".The Opposition considers that it is shameful that political undertones should creep into what should be purely an administrative and judicial document. This is the first time that it has come to our notice that Gibraltar has been described in this manner in this kind of paperwork. It reflects the traditional obsession of Madrid to refuse to recognise Gibraltar as a separate entity and takes this policy to totally ridiculous lengths by omitting the name "Gibraltar" completely.The Opposition considers that those responsible should be more concerned with caching the perpetrators of the attack than with scoring political points of this kind.

16 constructors are alleged to have paid backhanders, and now each of them faces two years in prison on bribery charges, and a range of fines from 15

anti-corruption prosecutor in the Troya Case now getting underway in Coín, Juan Carlos López Caballero, has demanded a four year prison sentence and an eleven year ban from office for the Partido Popular Mayor of Alhaurín el Grande, Juan Martín Serón, on five counts of passive bribery.The Alhaurín el Grande town planning councillor, Gregorio Guerra, considered by the prosecutor as the organiser of the corruption, faces a possible seven and a half year prison sentence, a 1.6 million € fine and an eleven year ban from office on charges of bribery and 14 counts of town planning irregularities.Another civil servant and 16 businessmen also face charges related to town planning corruption in the case. 16 constructors are alleged to have paid backhanders, and now each of them faces two years in prison on bribery charges, and a range of fines from 15,000 to 180,000 €.The prosecutor said that the Alhaurín el Grande Ayuntamiento had worked since 2002 in efforts for personal illegal enrichment, by demanding payments to increase the buildable areas for constructors in the municipality.
It’s alleged that Guerra demanded a total of 782,445 € in backhanders and that Martin Serón obtained 238,785 €. The Mayor’s wife is also alleged to have paid some of the monies into her bank account, making six payments in 2006 totalling 30,000 €.

Britain has increased its permanent military presence at Gibraltar with the arrival of two fast patrol vessels

Britain has increased its permanent military presence at Gibraltar with the arrival of two fast patrol vessels, formerly on service in Northern Ireland.The two armed vessels will join another two, smaller patrol vessels, bringing to four the number of patrol vessels in the Gibraltar Squadron. This squadron is the only resident sea-going Royal Navy unit here. It operates 24 hours a day to "primarily provide maritime security and a visible presence within territorial waters along with search and rescue," said a spokesman at British Forces Gibraltar.The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Alan West, together with the Deputy Chief of Joint Operations, Air Vice Marshal Paul Robinson, will be taking part on Friday in the commissioning ceremony of the two new ships, formerly the Greyfox and the Greywolf, which are being renamed HMS Scimitar and HMS Sabre.The new craft carry twice the armament of the two smaller vessels, HMS Ranger and HMS Trumperer, and have a maximum speed of 30 knots.Apart from this resident presence, British warships are known to be in the Gibraltar area on a regular basis and also call here to take on supplies, as did the frigate HMS Westminster on Thursday.Ships of the British task force on their way to the Iraq crisis area were last week provided with logistical support in an operation involving Sea King and Chinook helicopters which "on and off loading passengers and equipment," said a military spokesman.Referring to additional security at the RAF airfield, a military spokesman said: "While there was no specific intelligence of an increased threat to the British forces in Gibraltar, prudent counter terrorism measures were taken against the background of the continuing worldwide Al Qaida threat."Although the British military presence here has been shrinking over the years (from representing over 60 per cent of the economy to about 10 per cent at present), the British ministry of defence will be spending pounds sterling 62 million at Gibraltar in the current financial year. Its main functions include recently-refurbished nuclear submarine berths and extensive communications/intelligence gathering facilities. The new British Governor and Commander-in-Chief, from April, will be Sir Francis Richards, until now the director of the British Government's electronic spy centre (GCHQ) at Cheltenham, England.
The British base here has a total of 1,800 personnel, about half of whom are members of the armed forces, the rest being civilian support staff.

Spanish authorities have arrested three people in connection with the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed

Spanish authorities have arrested three people in connection with the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed, the five year old British boy that was abducted inPakistan. Detained in Constanti, a small town near Tarragona in North East Spain, which has a sizeable Pakistani population, two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman are being held and accused of being part of the gang that allegedly charged a ransom of 87,000 € for the boys release.Diario de Tarragona, a local newspaper was told by neighbours of the suspects, that the police took away large quantites of money.“One neighbour also overheard a police officer commenting that they had discovered the greater part of the ransom,” the newspaper reported.Two of the arrested are believed to work for the local justice department and all three are due to appear in court later this week.

Spain has been part of a large scale international police operation against the Georgian and Russian Mafia

Spain has been part of a large scale international police operation against the Georgian and Russian Mafia 69 arrests have been made in total across as many as six countries, most of them in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, but also some in France and Italy.24 of the arrests took place across Spain in an operation managed by the National Court.Codenamed ‘Java’ and coordinated from Spain by judge, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the arrests were carried out here by the UDYCO specialist drug and organised crime police unit, and the two regional police forces in Cataluña and the Basque Country, Los Mossos d’Esquadra and La Ertzaintza.
Most of the Spanish arrests were in Cataluña and Valencia, but there were also detentions in the Basque Country and Madrid.It’s thought those arrested in Spain were part of a money laundering operation on money obtained from criminal activity outside Spain. Most of those arrested are reported to be of Georgian origin and all are expected to make statements to the judge during this week.It’s the third large swoop against the activities of the Russian criminal groups operating in Spain, after the Avispa and Troika cases.

47 year old female employee at the Sunset Beach Club in Benalmádena was almost burned alive by her ex partner

47 year old female employee at the Sunset Beach Club in Benalmádena was almost burned alive by her ex partner on Tuesday.The aggressor went to her workplace, attacked her in the car park, stabbed her three times and then covered her with petrol.
Her screams attracted other workers who came to her aid and detained the man who now faces charges of ill-treatment and attempted homicide.The woman is recovering from her injuries in the Clínico Hospital in Málaga.

Eight people believed to be part of a criminal network which attempted to import more than 20 tonnes of Class A and B drugs to the UK

Eight people believed to be part of a criminal network which attempted to import more than 20 tonnes of Class A and B drugs to the UK over the past 18 months have been arrested by SOCA in operations across England today.The eight men and women are suspected of using a number of 'paper' companies as a front for their activity, and employing business service centres across the UK to unwittingly receive packages of cocaine and cannabis on their behalf.Four arrests in the Greater Manchester area, two in Hampshire, one in Grimsby and one in Hartlepool follow a SOCA investigation which identified connections between several drugs seizures by police in the UK and Spain.
The suspects have been taken to Greater Manchester for interview, where SOCA is being supported by Greater Manchester Police. They face charges of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs between February 2007 and March 2010.Two 52 year old men were arrested in Hampshire, a 30 year old man and a 31 year old man were arrested in Bolton, a 46 year old man was arrested in Walkden, Salford, a 27 year old woman was arrested in Trafford Park, a 26 year old woman was arrested in Grimsby, and a 25 year old man was arrested in Hartlepool.

Daniel Gooding , also know as Tresadern, Shaun Rumsey, Jon Emery, Philip Morris, Ian Hughes, Emma Farmer and Michelle Coleman are all due to appear

Daniel Gooding , also know as Tresadern, Shaun Rumsey, Jon Emery, Philip Morris, Ian Hughes, Emma Farmer and Michelle Coleman are all due to appear at City of London Magistrates’ Court on 19 March 2010.

“I am very pleased we have charged another group of people for operating a boiler room scam.”

Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director, Richard Alderman, said: “I am very pleased we have charged another group of people for operating a boiler room scam.”
An investigation launched in 2007 by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) looked into the supposed brokerage companies that were set up in Spain between 2004 and 2007.
The shares sold to unsuspecting Britons in these companies were allegedly worthless.
The groups known as Tresadern & Partners SL, Pricestone Group SL and Anderson McCormack SL sold the shares to British investors.
However, none of the companies obtained authorisation from the FSA or its Spanish equivalent, the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores.
Both regulatory authorities have now posted warnings in relation to each of the companies.
Alderman added: “It is important that people never underestimate the lengths fraudsters will go to appear convincing.
“I would always urge people to do their research before they make any investment.”

SPANISH authorities have dramatically seized the baby of a British couple

SPANISH authorities have dramatically seized the baby of a British couple who fled the UK.
Social workers swooped on two-week-old Jim Junior in Alicante after they were passed information by Suffolk County Council.
Jim and Carissa Smith – whose real names can’t be used for legal reasons – moved to Spain’s east coast in December to avoid the child being taken.
Yet Spanish social services intervened while Carissa was still breastfeeding Jim at Torrevieja hospital following a warning issued by Suffolk authorities.
The baby has now been placed in the care of a Spanish family.
The couple’s first child, Poppy, had been seized by social services in October 2008 when just 11-weeks-old. She remains in foster care in England.
Despite his child being taken, father Jim praised the efforts of Spanish social services, despite the sensitivity of the situation.
He explained: “We intend to work with the Spanish authorities and they are fantastic. They, I know, are honest and trustworthy.”
He also claimed that the information given to Spanish authorities had changed from alleged concerns about emotional harm to the possibility of physical harm.
Meanwhile, a local British MP heavily criticised the intervention of UK authorities in notifying Spanish officials.
Tim Yeo, the MP for South Suffolk, said that there was “no justification” for the council’s intervention because the baby was “perfectly cared for”.

Burglary of a British couple’s home in Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga,

Two Argentinean men aged 26 and 31 who fired shots during a burglary of a British couple’s home in Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, have been sent to prison for 10 years each. They broke into the property while the man and woman, in their 60’s, were in the bedroom.

The thieves tried to tie up the man and the woman, but the woman managed to escape as her husband fought off the men. It was then that he was shot three times, twice in the body and once in his left hand. Then the attackers panicked and left the scene with a Rolex watch, a mobile phone and a small amount of cash.

The woman then called the police and her husband underwent surgery in the Clinico Hospital in Málaga. His life was saved but he lost his left kidney and suffered serious injuries to his intestines.It happened in the Urbanization Bellavista at 3am on July 13 2005, and the two men admitted their involvement during the proceedings. There were two other burglars involved in the robbery but they have never been identified.

Aifos real estate company filed for bankruptcy protection facing an accumulated debt of €1.1 billion.

problems for the Aifos real estate company continue the week after they finally filed for bankruptcy protection facing an accumulated debt of €1.1 billion.Now the courts are looking at several actions against their directors, and the Penal Court in Málaga has reopened the case against the Company Chairman, Jesús Ruiz Casado and his wife, María Teresa Maldonado, who are accused of fraud for selling property which was never built.The prosecutor has asked for a seven year prison sentence for both husband and wife and a fine of 16,200 € for an alleged crime against consumers. The key thing now is that the penal instead of the civil court is being used, as it is considered that the owners of the company tricked their clients in a pre-meditated way.Ruiz Casado and the manager of the company, Jenero Briales, and another two Aifos directors are also accused of bribery as part of the Malaya corruption case in Marbella, where Aifos is again accused of collecting monies from clients for houses which were not built, despite allegedly paying a €5 million bribe to the man at the centre of the Malaya case, the Marbella real estate assessor, Juan Antonio Roca. Aifos also signed three agreements with Marisol Yagüe when she was Mayor, which increased the buildable area and allowed the two Guadalpin Hotels.The public ministry is also demanding that payments made by 14 potential purchasers be refunded in full, with an additional 3,000 € in each case for damage and inconvenience caused. These amounts range from €25,906 to €117,613.These off plan sales were made in 2001 and 2002 and the contracts claimed that construction had already got underway, a completely false claim. The contract gave an undertaking to make the properties available in 20 months from the start of construction and relates to developments in Rincón de la Victoria and Torrox.El País reports that Aifos currently has 3,115 signed contracts for property it has to hand over, of which only 1,206 properties have been completed.
Aifos was at one time the third largest company in Málaga, with a turnover of more than €300 million in 2005, but by 2008 they were showing a loss of €106 million and the workforce had reduced from 2,210 to 610.Over the past 11 years the company has built more than 17,000 homes in Andalucia, Murcia, the Valencia region and Cataluña.

small classified adverts in UK and Spanish papers offer the promise of thousands of euros to become a male escort.

small classified adverts in UK and Spanish papers offer the promise of thousands of euros to become a male escort. But the only place they are going is a date from hell.
Promised glamorous wealthy women countless men are apparently being sucked into a clever plot which guarantees just one thing – money loss.On replying to the ad, they are told there are dozens of clients in their area. All they have to do is sign up and create an online profile costs costing between 200 and 500 euros.However, there are no needy ladies and punters spend money on false hope.A source, who has worked in a call centre in the UK, told the Olive Press: “One client paid more than 5,000 euros with the grand result of absolutely nothing.“We kept on fobbing him off with excuses that he needed to fine tune his profile and he continued to hand over more money.”

Paul Lyons, 28,fled to Spain after the killing but was extradited back to Scotland after being arrested by Spanish police

Paul Lyons, 28, rammed 32-year-old Mark Fleeman's van on the M74 motorway near Larkhall in June last year.The High Court in Glasgow heard that Lyons was high on drink and drugs and banned from driving at the time.Mr Fleeman died after his van spun off the road and overturned. His 17-year-old passenger Lee Allsup was seriously injured. Both men were from Uttoxeter.
The court heard that just seconds before the fatal incident Mr Fleeman made a desperate 999 call during which the operator could "hear sounds of a crash".
Lyons, from Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, fled to Spain after the killing but was extradited back to Scotland after being arrested by Spanish police
The 28-year-old, whose father runs a Glasgow garage which was at the centre of a triple shooting in 2006, was originally charged with murder or an alternative charge of causing death by reckless driving..Paul Lyons used his van as a weapon, it may not have been a knife or a gun but nevertheless it had the same lethal consequences
Jennifer Harrower District procurator fiscalHowever, he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
He also admitted injuring Mr Allsup to his permanent impairment and a charge of dangerous driving.The court heard that Mr Fleeman's family had been left "utterly devastated" by the death and that his wife had contemplated suicide.
In a statement read out in court Sandra Fleeman described the day she had to identify her husband's body via a TV monitor as "horrific" and added: "He did not deserve this and neither did we."
Speaking after the hearing, Jennifer Harrower, district procurator fiscal for Hamilton, said: "Paul Lyons used his van as a weapon, it may not have been a knife or a gun but nevertheless it had the same lethal consequences culminating in the death of an innocent man.
"Lyons then fled abroad, desperately attempting to avoid the consequences of his actions.

Lyons rammed Mr Fleeman's van on the M74 in Lanarkshire
"Working with our criminal justice partners and utilising all of the powers within the legislation available we were determined to ensure he did not do so."
The court heard that shopfitter Mr Fleeman was driving from Derbyshire, to work in Dunfermline, along the M74 in the early hours of 4 June last year when Lyons repeatedly tried to crash his own van into him at a speed of more than 70mph.
The vehicles eventually collided, with Mr Fleeman's overturning several times before landing at the side of the carriageway.
Advocate depute Iain McSporran said Mr Fleeman had initially gestured at Lyons because of his erratic driving.
He said: "It appears that the accused's response to this gesture is what led to Mr Fleeman's death."The court was told that Lyons, who was driving home from a night out in Manchester with two friends, had been drinking beer and wine and took valium pills during the trip north.After the crash he sped off towards Gartcosh railway station where he and his friends were picked up by an associate.
Later that morning, Lyons asked a panel beater friend to attend his garage premises. Lyons' van was never seen again.The court heard that one of his passengers, James Tulloch, was arrested days later on an unrelated matter.

He told police he had been in Lyons' van, there had been "a road rage incident" and that "we rammed them".

average growth rate in Morocco is 5%

Ministers seek greater private-sector role in AFTA
The government is "incapable of settling the disputes," said Daoudi, who is an economist. He blamed the strike on "the erosion of people's purchasing power against a background of increases in the cost of living and the stagnation of salaries".
An annual pay raise of 1-2% tied to national economy's growth rate could break the deadlock, he said."The average growth rate in Morocco is 5%," he said. "This means that salaries should be increased.""The government must make more effort in terms of economic development so that there will be some scope for doing something about pay," Daoudi added.

Three major public-sector unions launched a general strike Wednesday (March 3rd) after two months of negotiations with the government

Three major public-sector unions launched a general strike Wednesday (March 3rd) after two months of negotiations with the government reached an impasse."We're not fans of strike action," Democratic Labour Federation general secretary Abderrahman Azzouzi said, "but after a two-month halt in the negotiation process, we had to do something."The strike, led by the Moroccan Labour Union, the Democratic Labour Federation, and the National Union of Moroccan Workers, may paralyse public-service activity in Morocco throughout the month. Union officials and the government plan to resume talks in April.The action marks the culmination of an escalating series of strikes in the transport, civil service, healthcare, and education sectors during the past several months."The public-sector unrest that Morocco is now witnessing is partly the fault of the central government and partly the fault of companies that don't listen to their employees' grievances," Azzouzi said.The government has failed to resolve grievances over internal promotions and pay raises in connection with the increasing cost of living, he said. Talks with Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi were supposed to have resumed several weeks ago, Azzouzi said.Morocco's government has denied responsibility for the stalemate.The government has always been willing to engage in dialogue, said the deputy minister for the modernisation of the public sector, Mohammed Saad Alami. He added that the government has ensured that talks are held between management and labour twice a year. The ministry is preparing for the second round of talks in April, Saad Alami said, and noted his plans to attend meetings with union representatives until then.Alami also credited the government with raising salaries through a reduction in the income tax.Justice and Development Party (PJD) MP Lahcen Daoudi dismissed the concession as "tax breaks given to financial lobbyists while workers are suffering."

Bill Brown slipped away from Spain's notorious Costa del Crime

Bill Brown slipped away from Spain's notorious Costa del Crime with a heavy jail sentence hanging over him for possession of cocaine. Now hiding in the rainforests of Panama, public school educated Brown decided to make a mark in the community by using his other skills as a guitarist to form a local band.

Dangerous Spain the facts of crime on the Costas

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multi-million € fines for the sherry industry totalling upto 10% of their cash-flow for a year.

Spanish National Competition Agency, CNC, has said that there are signs of price fixing in sherry wines from Jerez. They have made the statement for the third time in two years and are set to fine some of the bodegas involved. The CNC report said ‘there are indications of an agreement on price fixing in the grape and mosto market in Jerez, and now an investigation is underway for ‘possible prohibited practices’ under EU law. An 18 month period has been opened for those implicated to present their cases and for its resolution.It could mean multi-million € fines for the sherry industry totalling upto 10% of their cash-flow for a year.

ex Mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz would often arrive home with suitcases and envelopes of cash

court investigation into money laundering surrounding the ex Mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, as part of the Malaya corruption case has shown that before he met Isabel Pantoja, Muñoz and his wife, Mayte Zaldívar, spent 297,000 € more than they earned over the years 1997 to 2003.Instruction judge in the Marbella Court, Óscar Pérez, noted that Zaldívar admitted that her husband would often arrive home with suitcases and envelopes of cash and that the safe in the house held as much as 50 or 60 million pesetas – some 300,000- 360,000 €.Muñoz’s ‘additional earnings’ continued when he started his relationship with the singer, Isabel Pantoja, in 2002 who now has also been indicted on money laundering charges.

Siempre Comisiones Bajas S.L. fraudulent financial operation

Economic Crimes Unit of the Guardia Civil has arrested five people and indicted one more in a swoops against a fraudulent financial operation based in Madrid and Menorca, but which could have defrauded millions of businessmen across the country by offering investment products offering high rates of interest. Police codenamed the operation ‘Navas’ and made the arrests in El Escorial, Colmenarejo and La Rozas in Madrid and in Mahón on Menorca. Searches of five luxury properties have been carried out.The company, which went under the name of Siempre Comisiones Bajas S.L. used telemarketers to capture clients finding the names in the telephone book.

13 people have been arrested and three kilos of jewellery recovered after police caught up with jewel thieves

13 people have been arrested and three kilos of jewellery recovered after police caught up with jewel thieves who had robbed a shop in Calle Cuatro Santos in Cartagena.Codenamed Operación Vencejo, agents from the Murcia police worked in collaboration with the judicial police in Cartagena. 60,000 € in cash and pistol and three simulated pistols were also seized in the police swoop which took place on the 20th of February, but details of which have only been released today.It seems the police acted thanks to witness reports on the robbery, and the gang has connections to the world of drug-trafficking and lived mostly in the Murcia municipality of Mula.They now face charges of illicit association, violent robbery, causing injury, drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.

43 people have been arrested in several provinces across the country on the latest National Police swoop against child pornography

43 people have been arrested in several provinces across the country on the latest National Police swoop against child pornography. 95 searches have been carried out and a further 61 people are indicted in the case. More than 1.2 million archives have been impounded, taken from 21 computers, 142 hard discs, 264 DVDs and 9 memory cards.The initial complaint was presented to the police in Cataluña, who were alerted to the existence of a P2P network being used after a user downloaded a video of two adults abusing two youngsters.The operation took place in Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria, Navarra, País Vasco, Murcia, Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, La Rioja, Baleares, Extremadura and Canarias.

James “Pancake” Taylor, 30, from Kirkdale, was arrested as he flew back from Spain into Liverpool’s John Lennon airport early yesterday

James “Pancake” Taylor, 30, from Kirkdale, was arrested as he flew back from Spain into Liverpool’s John Lennon airport early yesterday afternoon.Detectives from the Matrix team met him at JLA to arrest him on suspicion of affray.He was taken to a station in Merseyside where he was being questioned over the shooting at the William Collins playing fields, in Vauxhall, on Sunday morning.At the moment there is nothing to suggest he was the gunman police are looking for.
An Under-12s match was taking place on the pitches when shots rang out just before 12pm.The game, which was nearing half-time, was abandoned because the children – some as young as nine – were too frightened and upset to continue.
There were around 28 children on the playing field when the shots were fired.
It is understood it followed an incident in the changing rooms, on the Commercial Road side of the fields, which involved a Samurai sword being brandished.The shooting happened minutes after several adult Sunday league players were threatened with the sword.Police are also looking into reports of a confrontation on the Scargreen Avenue playing fields, in Norris Green, which allegedly saw two rival gangsters pull guns on each other the previous Sunday after another football match.
The incident was not reported to police.Detectives are concerned organised criminals, many of whom play for Saturday and Sunday teams, are trying to settle disputes with innocent people around.
A match in Speke in November last year was abandoned after just 15 minutes when two gangs clashed on the sidelines and four shots were fired.A Merseyside police spokeswoman said: “We arrested a 30-year-old man from Kirkdale on suspicion of affray following an incident at the William Collins playing fields on Sunday February 28.
“He was interviewed by detectives from the specialist Matrix team.”