A court in Sevilla has sentenced a 40 year old Local Police officer to two and a half years in prison for storing pornographic images of children, including babies, on his computer.
Mayor of Sayalonga resigns
An extraordinary plenary session of the Sayalonga Council will today see the official announcement of the resignation of the incumbent Mayor, José Luis Navas (PSOE).
Prison for the Mayor of Polop de la Marina
The Mayor of Polop de la Marina (Alicante), Juan Cano, arrested the other day in connection with the death of his predecessor, has been remanded in prison without possibility of bail.
Jail for Mijas policemen suspected of drugs trafficking
The magistrate at the Number 2 Court in Fuengirola has ordered the four Local Police officers detained in Mijas on Saturday in connection with drug trafficking to be remanded in custody in prison.
Five jailed over fatal beating
Five people are in prison in Botafuegos, Algeciras, in connection with the death of 38 year old Manuel Zapata on July 23rd.
Old Granada provincial prison to close
The old provincial prison in Granada is set to close later this month, the almost one hundred inmates moving to the new Centre for Social Integration (CIS).
Merchants of misery get 18 years in jail
A Provincial Court in Almería has sentenced three Moroccans to a total of 18 years in prison for their part in bringing 41 illegal immigrants into Spain in November 2007. The illegal immigrants, who each paid €900 for the journey from Morocco, included thirty minors. They landed at Playa La Fabriquilla in Balerma (El Ejido) in November 2007.
Two former police chiefs get prison terms
The Málaga Provincial Court has sentenced two former UDYCO police officers to eighteen months in prison for revealing secrets and failing to report crimes.
First jail term for illegal downloading
For the first time in Spain, a court has sentenced an individual to a prison term for an offence relating to the illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
Nanny gets two year in prison
The Provincial Court in Sevilla has sentenced a Bolivian nanny to two years in prison for leaving an eight year old boy, who suffered from cerebral palsy, alone in the house for forty-eight hours. During her absence from the house, located in the Nervión district of Sevilla, the boy died.