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Five years in jail for killing Irishman in Torrevieja

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The case against the person accused of killing 36-year-old Irishman Carl Aidan Carr with a brass knuckle in Torrevieja in September 2018 was finally settled today in an Elche Court. The agreement between the defence, the prosecutor’s office, and the private prosecution led to a big drop in the prison sentences that were originally asked for. The main suspect in the crime, an Irishman named Wayne Patrick W., was represented by lawyer Francisco Miguel Galiana Botella. He was given five years in prison for murder and an extra year for illegally possessing weapons (a pistol was taken from him), which is less than the fifteen and three years in prison that were originally asked for each crime.

Four more defendants in the case, three of whom had lawyers named José Soler Martín, José Manuel Alamán, and Andrés Morales, were each given a three-month jail sentence for concealment instead of the three years that were originally asked for each of them.

The government and the victim’s family’s private prosecution both agreed that all the accused should be given the mitigating circumstance of undue delay. The perpetrator should also be given the mitigating circumstance of drug addiction and reparation for damages, since he paid 95,000 euros before the trial to make up for the emotional harm he caused to Carl Aidan Carr’s mother. There is still another 5,000 euros to pay, and it must be done by March 20 of next year, as agreed upon. This will avoid a hearing by jury.

Wayne Patrick W. has to go to report to jail between March 11th to 20th to finish his time. The victim of the crime was born on March 11th. His body was hidden in a rural area of the municipality of Rojales, and it wasn’t found until four months after he went missing.

The Irishman who was found guilty of the crime has tried to say sorry to the victim’s mother, who was in the Elche courtroom, but she has not accepted his words of regret.

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It took five defendants pleading guilty before the judge gave the decision “in voce” and agreed with what the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution said in their written arguments. The murder happened early on September 17, 2018, in a house in the La Siesta neighbourhood of Torrevieja. The house was home to the Irishman who was killed, the suspect Wayne Patrick, and a third person involved named Simon Mark F., who died in Ireland while the case was being investigated.

“Sexual approaches”


Two men named Carl Aidan Carr and Simon Mark F. went to the house with three other women, one of whom was Wayne’s ex-girlfriend. The victim ended up having a relationship with her on the couch, which she called “sexual advances.” Simon went to a pub in Orihuela Costa to tell his ex-boyfriend what had happened. The two of them then went back to their flat in Torrevieja.

When he walked in, Carl and Wayne’s ex-girlfriend were arguing on the couch. To put an end to Carl’s life, Wayne hit him several times in the face with a brass knuckle, and the other suspect, who died in Ireland, stabbed him several times, according to the charge made by the prosecution and admitted by the defendant. The hits killed Carl by breaking “complex fractures of the facial bone.”

Wayne Patrick and Simon Mark called one of the people they thought was covering up the crime, cleaned up the blood in the house, and then drove the body to a piece of land in Rojales to bury it.

Three women have also been put on trial for hiding the crime. One of them is Wayne’s ex-girlfriend, who started the attack that killed him. Even though this woman knew that her ex-partner had killed Carl, she told the Civil Guard a lie in her first statement so that Wayne wouldn’t be investigated.

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Another woman who was found guilty of concealment gave Wayne Patrick a fake alibi by saying that he was with her in an Orihuela Costa pub the night of the crime and then at her house, where he stayed the night and left in the afternoon the next day.


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Hospitality and recreation establishments in Elche receive 36 infringement reports from local police

The Elche Local Police conducted an operation that involved inspecting thirteen hospitality and leisure outlets in various neighbourhoods, resulting in one arrest and 36 violations. The data was made public on Friday, 28th March, mainly as a reminder of the work that is being done. Councilman Juan de Dios Navarro gave the police top for their efforts.

According to local police inspector José Antonio Corrales, the majority of the infractions included drug usage and possession, including four for cocaine possession and seven for hashish, as well as improper company documentation. Additionally, there were two reports for disturbing the peace or disrespecting law enforcement, four for not following the minimum hygienic standards for food storage, one serious infraction for conducting the activity after hours and behind closed doors, and seven for irregularities found on the property, including improper documentation.

Additionally, officers found six infractions for permitting smoking in unapproved indoor locations, three for type “B” slot machine identification guide deficiencies, and one major infraction for emergency escape and door flaws. Additionally, a report was made about the selling of illegal tobacco at a pub, where 20 packets were confiscated and one individual was detained on court order and imprisoned.


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Visitor to Catral cemetery locked inside

Catral Local Police Cemetery

As nightfall approached on one of these soggy spring days in March, a young man decided it would be a good idea to visit a cousin or acquaintance’s grave and take a walk through the cemetery. Because the cemetery still closes its (automatic) gates at six o’clock at this time of year, but without the winter gloom that may discourage anyone from going.

However, the door was locked when he attempted to exit. The visitor didn’t seem to want to spend any more time among the cemeteries, despite the cemetery’s reputation as a particularly tranquil spot. Unaware of the placard bearing the mobile phone number for anyone needing help, he dashed out the gate. It was all on camera.

Joaquín Lucas, the mayor of Catral, maintains that this occurrence is unrelated to the privatisation of the cemetery works and feels that management by an outside company is an efficient approach to provide this service in a municipal office. He went on to say that the young man who who was locked in is from the nearby municipality of Dolores rather than Catral.

The local police took to social media and atacked the man’s “reckless” behaviour. He has been named in connection with “criminal proceedings for a crime against another’s property.” Nonetheless, the business will be liable for any damages brought on by the damaged door anchors.

In addition to clarifying that the business employs two workers—a gravedigger and a labourer who maintains the communal areas and restrooms—the Councillor for Services, Daniel Escudero, reaffirmed that the automatic door is an option offered by the company itself.

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Five arrested in Alicante and Murcia for shoplifting

Five individuals involved in grocery theft have been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil. In the regions of Alicante and Murcia, the thieves were stealing in a number of locations for a well-known supermarket company. The things that were stolen are worth over 8,000 euros in total.

The investigation started after the retail chain representative filed a complaint. The pattern was consistent across all cases: three or four people went into the store, and one of them loaded up a cart with expensive things like canned goods, extra virgin olive oil, sausages, or alcoholic drinks. The last one hurried out of the grocery without paying, and another diverted the attention of the staff.

It was discovered that the same people were responsible for the crimes in multiple towns in Alicante and Murcia after examining the security footage from the impacted businesses. Since the suspects did not live in the residences where they were registered and lacked a stable address, it was very difficult to find them.

Shortly after committing another theft at a store in a suburban neighbourhood of Rojales (Alicante), officers caught two of the suspects off guard and took them into custody. Many of the stolen goods were found at that time and brought back to the impacted business.

The other three were later taken into custody in the cities of Almoradí (Alicante) and Guardamar del Segura. The majority of the pilfered items were sold on. Additionally, the two cars that were utilised in the crimes were taken.

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Eleven thefts have been resolved as a consequence of the investigation conducted by the Novelda Civil Guard’s investigation section. The cities of Novelda, Torrevieja, Almoradí, Catral, and Rojales in Alicante as well as the municipalities of San Javier, Jumilla, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Archena, and Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia were the sites of these crimes.


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