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Prosecutor calls for bail to be refused for Malaya corruption group
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date: Saturday, June 03, 2006
The anti-corruption prosecutor in Málaga, Juan Carlos López Caballero, yesterday opposed bail be granted for the six of the main people accused at the centre of the Marbella ‘Malaya’ corruption case, including the municipal real estate assessor said to be at the centre of the corruption, Juan Antonio Roca, ex mayor of the town, Marisol Yagüe, and the ex deputy mayor, Isabel García Marcos.
The anti-corruption prosecutor considered that given the seriousness of the charges, and of the risk of flight that bail not be granted. The group have been in prison since April 1 when the case broke at the hands of the Marbella instruction judge, Miguel Angel Torres.
The lawyer acting for Isabel García Marcos, ex judge Javier Gómez de Liaño, insisted the Judge Torres did not have jurisdiction in the case. The Málaga court are expected to give their ruling on the bail appeal shortly.
Meanwhile the Regional Councillor for Tourism, Commerce and Trade, Paulino Plata, the man who will possibly the Socialist candidate for Mayor of Marbella next year, has been meeting today with the Management Committee running the town. The topic is trying to find more funding so that the Committee can meet its current financial obligations.
On that topic the President of the Partido Popular in Andalucia, Javier Arenas, who was in Marbella yesterday, called on the Junta and the Government in Madrid to meet the financial requirements of the Management Committee.
Meanwhile the regional parliament in Seville has today passed the proposal for the Junta de Andalucía to withdraw the responsibility for town planning from Marbella town hall for the maximum period allowed by law – five years. The PP voted against the idea which will be debated in a meeting of the regional parliament on June 13th and 14th.
The Police have taken another 75 works of art from one of the homes of the Marbella ex real estate assessor Juan Antonio Roca. The latest items include a Soralla, a Manolo Millares, and 16th century manuscripts, and were taken from his home ‘La Caridad’ in San Pedro Alcántara. It takes the total number of art works seized by police from Roca’s homes to 236. The items are now being valued by experts.
News in Andalucia Courtesy of Typically Spanish
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