A new series expects the five men who last saw Kirsty Maxwell alive to provide answers in a podcast that investigates her mysterious death in Spain.

After a night out on a hen do in 2017, Kirsty, a newlywed, plummeted to her death from a balcony at a hotel in Benidorm.

Before her death, Kirsty, 27, of Livingston, inadvertently entered a 10th-floor flat that was occupied by five British men: Joseph Graham, Ricky Gammon, Anthony Holehouse, Callum Northridge and Daniel Bailey.

In July 2020, they were cleared of being homicide suspects after judges determined that there was no “strong evidence” of criminality and no indication that she had not fallen to her death.

Nevertheless, Kirsty’s mother and father, who are devastated, are adamant that she did not leap of her own volition. The case and an appeal for information are the focus of the six-part podcast, “What happened to Kirsty Maxwell.”

True Crime podcaster Naomi Channell, who narrates and produces the series, says, “I do not believe it was a tragic accident.” All the evidence suggests that she was fleeing from something.

“There are still numerous unanswered questions.”

“It is my sincere hope that this will exert pressure on the authorities and on those who were present in the flat but have never been adequately investigated.”

Naomi met Kirsty’s family at a UK Crimecon convention in 2023, where she was present with Sue Horan, the wife of Stuart Lubbock, who passed away under suspicious circumstances at the residence of television personality Michael Barrymore in 2001.

In her podcast, she recounts how upon Kirsty’s arrival at the apartments with her friends, “a shirtless man” approached them at the elevators and enquired, “Who wants to get f*** tonight?”

Kirsty returned to the apartments early in the morning after a night out, during which she consumed alcohol but did not have any narcotics in her system.

It is unclear why she awoke, proceeded to the 10th floor, and knocked on the door of room 10E. The room was shared by five men, including the shirtless man, who were all from the Nottingham area.

One of them informed the authorities. Before jumping over the Juliette balcony to her demise, Kirsty attempted to climb through a small window in the bathroom and then ran through the apartment window.

Naomi stated, “Kirsty died instantly after falling at 7.51 a.m.” One of the men reported to the police that he had observed her fall. This individual was the sleeveless man, and his name is Joseph Graham.

Adam, Kirsty’s spouse, received a call from the Spanish police informing him that she had passed away. He was compelled to inform her mother, Denise, of the tragic news. The couple had married only eight months prior.

Brian Curry, her father, expressed his disbelief, stating, “Even to this day, it is extremely difficult to accept.”

The podcast delves into the process by which Kirsty’s family travelled to Benidorm to initiate their own investigation three months after her death, as they encountered a “wall of silence” from the police.

Naomi, a podcaster from Essex, stated, “No parent should ever be required to investigate the death of their own child.”

“Brian requested 12 hours of footage that encompassed the period prior to and following Kirsty’s death; however, the police provided him with only seven minutes of edited footage.

Kirsty’s fall is not depicted in a traumatic three-second footage captured by a camera at the poolside, which captures her impact with the ground. Brian is of the opinion that the footage was edited by an individual.

“According to investigators, the remaining CCTV footage has disappeared.” The police were compelled to acknowledge that they had disposed of the garments the day following Kirsty’s death. Her attire would have served as indispensable evidence.

“They claimed that the reason was that the clothing was stained with blood.” They acknowledged that the only method of examination was visual.

David Swindle, the retired Strathclyde detective who established Victims Abroad, was astounded by the deficiencies of the investigation.

He stated that the Spanish Police failed to conduct thorough investigations into the evidence, including independent witnesses, and did not advance forensics or CCTV footage.

“These men were not separated and were not interviewed properly.” DNA issues were encountered, samples were not collected, and Kirsty’s clothing was incinerated.

“Throughout my tenure as an investigator, I was unable to comprehend it.” “If we had all of that, we would be better equipped to understand what transpired with Kirsty.”

The podcast, which will be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon on April 29, commemorates the eight-year anniversary of Kirsty’s passing.

According to data from the Vega Baja Sustainable Consortium for the 2024 financial year, approximately 400 tonnes of organic waste, which accounts for only 0.2% of the 190,000 tonnes of household waste generated by the 27 municipalities of Vega Baja, are separated from the rest of the rubbish for recycling at the recovery plants.

This insignificant percentage positions recycling at source in Bajo Segura light years away from the objectives established by European, state, and regional legislation, which specify what should not be buried in authorised landfills and recovered. The regulations stipulate that it should constitute 55% of the total by 2025, increasing to 60% by 2030 and 65% by 2035.

The brown container, which is indispensable for the efficient collection of selective refuse, is not a mere whim of environmental consciousness. It is also a highly practical and economically sustainable issue. It is estimated that approximately 40% of household refuse is organic waste. In the case of the Vega Baja, this would amount to 76,000 of the 190,000 tonnes of waste collected annually.

Modern disposal facilities can recycle a portion of the residual fraction; however, the organic fraction is the most critical. The economic interest of the industry that uses these materials for packaging would substantially reduce waste generation and, as a result, the costs of its disposal and transportation if the total weight reduction is achieved by recycling paper, cardboard, glass and plastic, which have high percentages of reuse circuits.

A situation that would, in turn, enable a decrease in the tax revenue collected, which is already being experienced by all residents of Vega Baja.

All decomposable refuse, including food scraps, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, eggshells, and nuts, is included in the organic waste category. In the majority of municipalities, these wastes are now disposed of in the residual waste receptacle, also known as the grey container, and are not eligible for recycling.

However, the organic fraction can be recycled into compost for agricultural and other purposes if it is separated and its contents do not contain a significant amount of unsuitable material, such as other non-organic remains. The most significant aspect is that it would not require landfill disposal.

A statistic that substantiates the degree to which municipalities disregard the brown bin: Dolores, a municipality with a population of just over 8,500, recycles 207 tonnes, which is more than half of the total for the region. The implementation of a door-to-door collection system in nearly the entire municipality is producing positive results, despite the fact that it was not without controversy. The municipality’s dedication is the reason for the minor improvement in the dismal 2023 record, which saw only 30 tonnes of waste recycled at the regional level.

In 2024, an additional 105 individuals will originate from Torrevieja. This is a significant increase. The municipality that generates the most waste in the region, accounting for nearly 25% of the total 190,000 tonnes of household waste in the Vega Baja, has a resident population that multiplies during the tourist season and exceeds 100,000 registered inhabitants. The total waste generated is 49,000 tonnes.

An awareness campaign in schools, which removes organic waste from cafeterias, and a second, very limited, campaign among local hospitality businesses, which distributed tiny brown containers, are the sources of this organic waste record. In the city’s over 600 restaurants and cafes, these containers recycle only a small portion of this form of waste.

At the same time, the recycled organic fraction counter in Orihuela, the other significant generating municipality in the region, which collected over 45,000 tonnes of waste in 2024, remains at zero. The municipal service of the City Council, which has been precarious for more than a decade, is currently anticipating a decision to renew it.

Rojales, with 64 tonnes of selected organic waste, follows Dolores and Torrevieja on the select list of municipalities that are endeavouring to comply with the legislation. This is also a negligible amount for a municipality with 20,000 residents that annually collects 9,000 tonnes of refuse from its streets. Another company that claims credit is Daya Vieja, which accounts for 6% of its production with 17 tonnes. The gate has been partially implemented in this municipality, which has a population of little more than one thousand and is the smallest in the region. Granja de Rocamora and Formentera del Segura also exhibit nearly identical figures.

The 2025 balance sheet should include Albatera, Redován, and Almoradí by the end of the year. This could significantly increase the figure, although it is still clearly insufficient as long as Torrevieja, Orihuela, Pilar de la Horadada (14,000 tonnes of waste collected annually) and Guardamar del Segura (another 9,600) do not participate.

The Vega Baja Sustainable Consortium anticipates that these figures will progressively rise. However, the implementation of the regional waste treatment plant is presently being processed, albeit with some difficulty, as a benchmark for the “leap” in compliance with waste legislation, in which Vega Baja consistently fails to comply with record-breaking regulations at the state level.

The Personnel Board of the Alicante Firefighters Consortium regrets the “impossibility” of reaching an agreement with the president of the Provincial Council to resolve the workers’ demands. Therefore, a demonstration is scheduled today outside Benidorm City Hall.

On Friday, April 25th, representatives of the Personnel Board convened for nearly seven hours with the president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Toni Pérez, and the president-delegate of the provincial consortium to resolve the “conflict” that has persisted for the past month.

“The Administration’s statement, which downplayed and even denied the incidents that have been occurring in the fire stations since the conflict began, which represent a significant deterioration in the provision of the service we provide and our safety, was considered serious enough to warrant negotiations for its resolution.” Consequently, we extended an offer to continue negotiations, even over the weekend, according to the Board.

They stated in a statement that “the response was that they needed to conduct both a legal and economic study in order to be able to translate into an agreement that they could commit to signing and complying with” after several recesses and the simplification of the proposal from the social party presented on April 15th.

“Finally, they requested that we respond to this potential agreement by the end of the week on Wednesday, April 30th.”

Although the Presidency expressed its commitment to resolving the conflict and was willing to reconcile positions and “continue negotiating for as long as necessary,” the Staff Board comprehends that “any possibility of an agreement was postponed pending this future meeting.”

Consequently, “we will persist with the measures that the General Assembly has approved, as it has been impossible to reach any form of agreement,” following the evaluation of this meeting and the anticipation of this counterproposal.

Consequently, the staff has been notified of the rally that will occur outside Benidorm City Hall today in conjunction with the plenary session.