As the Malaya case finally moves into its final stages, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor today, Tuesday, lifted the charges against nine of the 95 accused, the daughter of the man at the centre of it all, Juan Antonio Roca, among them. Roca, the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor in Marbella Town Hall is the alleged brains behind what has turned out to be the largest corruption case ever seen in Spain. President of the Court in Málaga, José Gordino, authorised the nine to leave the court. Among them apart from Roca’s daughter, María Roca Jimeno, the ex Marbella councillor, Miguel Jiménez Guerra, a computer expert from a company linked to Roca Sergio Santana and an employee of another company Karin Marika Mattson. The others are the secretary to Montserra Corulla, Úrsula Quizano, Roca’s vet for his horses Hildegar Fernénez, Carlos Garcia Puente, Jose Maria Mealado and Javier Perez Villena. The court said they should have their passports returned and any embargoes imposed on their property should be lifted. The Malaya case started in September 2010 and now is in the phase of the definitive conclusions and all those charged have been filling the court to hear the arguments in the final statement of the judge. The Málaga Anti-corruption Prosecutor, Juan Carlos López Caballero, in the case has called for 3.8 billion € in fines for the accused, and Roca faces 30 years in prison and an 81 year ban from holding public office. Caballero has reduced the requested sentence for ex Mayor Marisol Yagüe from 20 to 16 years in prison.
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