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Alicante man given a two-year suspended sentence for abusing his 7-month-old baby

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison by an Alicante court for beating and injuring his seven-month-old child. However, the accused, who was placed in preventive detention following his arrest in 2021, will not be sent to prison because the sentence suspends its execution provided he refrains from committing any crimes for the next two years.

The defendant, who was represented by attorneys Francisco Miguel Galiana Botella and Alicia Grau Córdoba, was found guilty of a crime of injury after first being probed for a homicide attempt.

After being admitted with a perforated intestine, the 4-year-old baby spent 18 days in the paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of Alicante General Hospital, where his survival was questioned. Thankfully, he recovered from his injuries. After his parents, who were 22 at the time, were arrested, the Generalitat took care of the kid. Although the mother’s complaint was ultimately dismissed, the mother was also the subject of a court investigation.

Following a plea agreement struck during the trial between the prosecution and defence, which had sought a five-year prison sentence for serious injuries, Criminal Court No. 10 of Alicante imposed the punishment.

Given that he paid 4,477 euros in civil liability claims to compensate the minor prior to the trial, the verdict finds the minor’s father guilty of assault with the aggravating circumstances of treachery and kinship and the mitigating circumstances of confession and reparation of damages. The 6,000 euros the offender paid as bail to be freed from prison was used to pay the reparation.

The offender is sentenced to two years in prison, three years of special disqualification from exercising parental control over his young son, and a three-year prohibition from approaching his son within 300 meters or communicating with him in any way. He would only have three months remaining in the sentence’s three-year term, though, because his parental power has been revoked since the incidents. After serving this time, he may attempt to reclaim parental power by starting a new administrative procedure.

He reported a household mishap

At the hearing, the defendant entered a guilty plea and acknowledged the facts the prosecutor’s office had brought against him. Up until this point, the defendant had maintained that his kid had been involved in a domestic mishap at home in Alicante and had hit himself with a toy after falling off a sofa.

The sentence’s declared proven facts took place in Alicante on the afternoon of May 27, 2021. At the house where he lived with his girlfriend and the minor’s mother, the accused was by himself caring for his seven-month-old baby. He was with the youngster in the marriage room at an unspecified time that day when he “hit him several times with such force that the minor had to undergo emergency surgery for a jejunal perforation and mesointestinal haematoma.” The kid spent 18 days in the paediatric intensive care unit at Doctor Balmis General Hospital in Alicante and four days in the hospital ward during his 22-day recovery from the intestinal perforation.

The child was left with a “slight scar from the central abdominal laparotomy” as a cosmetic harm, but the verdict claims that he does not have “anatomical functional sequelae” as a result of these injuries.

After the hospital was informed that a newborn had been admitted with injuries incompatible with the domestic accident his parents had recounted, the police arrested the parents. When the mother got home and started throwing up, the boy was brought to the hospital when he was alone himself with his father.

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Consum announces the opening of new stores in Aldaia, Alaquàs, Sueca, Xàtiva, Massanassa and Torrevieja

Consum expands its operations in the Valencian Community and announces the opening of additional stores in six towns throughout Valencia. The Valencian cooperative’s comprehensive network of supermarkets in the region is further enhanced by these new openings.

New Consum stores are scheduled to open in Valencia in 2025

The following are the new stores that Consum will establish in the towns of Valencia:

Alaquàs

Aldaia

Massanassa

Sueca

Xàtiva

Torrevieja (Alicante)

Three of the stores that were acquired from Kuups last year have enabled the establishment of some of these new supermarkets. These have already been assigned an estimated opening date:

Massanassa (C/ Medi Ambient), which is scheduled to commence operations at the conclusion of May.
Alaquàs (Av. Blasco Ibáñez) and Aldaia (Av. Miguel Hernández) will launch under the Consum brand in the middle of the year.
Consum intends to maintain its pace of establishing 53 new supermarkets in 2025, including 18 of its own stores and 35 Charter stores, as well as to execute 31 renovations and expansions.

In 2024, Consum achieved revenues of €4,707.03 million, a 7.3% increase, and profits of €108.7 million, a 7.5% increase from the previous year. These figures substantiate the business model advocated by the Valencian cooperative, which is founded on price competitiveness, a diverse selection of leading brands without sacrificing the quality of its own brand, and a steadfast dedication to ensuring customer savings through discounts and gift vouchers. More than €62.2 million has been allocated to this initiative.

Antonio Rodríguez Lázaro, the CEO of Consum, stated that “these results are indicative of the dedication of our entire team, the confidence of our customers, and our capacity to adjust to change while maintaining our commitment to sustainability and innovation.”

It maintained its sixth position in the national classification of distribution companies by surface area throughout the year, increasing its market share by 0.1% to 4.7% of the national market. Nielsen reports that its market share by sales in its area of influence is 13.45%.

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The El Raso, Guardamar celebrates with a Tapas Route and concerts between May 15th and 17th

The programme for the third edition of the Guardamar del Segura City Council’s festivities has been unveiled in collaboration with the residents’ association of the El Raso Urbanisation, an area that is home to a significant number of international residents.

Between May 15th and 17th, the El Raso Urbanisation will commemorate its festivities with a Tapas Route and concerts. The festivities will take place on Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th, and will feature an International Tapas Route featuring twelve establishments, which is two more than the previous year. María Venerdi, the Councillor for Festivals, has announced that participants will be able to experience tapas and a drink for 3.50 euros. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to participate in a drawing for a variety of rewards and vote for their preferred tapa on the “Tapaporte.” Last year’s edition saw the sale of over 7,000 tapas, as emphasised by the local organisers.

José Luis Sáez, the mayor of Guardamar, has emphasised the significance of “neighbourhoods becoming increasingly integrated into the dynamics of the municipality,” and he has noted that this event has “consolidated itself and become a great gastronomic celebration for the municipality.”

The city council will also offer a transport service that will travel to all participating venues in order to simplify the process of travelling.

Auditorio del Campo will host a grand celebration on Saturday, May 17th, commencing at 6 p.m. The event will feature a variety of musical groups, including the Costa Blanca Singers, who will serve as the opening act.

The charitable nature of these festivities has been emphasised by the Guardamar councillor for Festivals. The El Raso festival committee has sold T-shirts for the Tapas Route at a price of 10 euros. The proceeds of these sales, in addition to those from the bar service on the 17th, will be donated entirely to charitable causes, including the ‘El Milagro de Ver’ Foundation, which is dedicated to enhancing eye health in developing countries, and to those impacted by DANA in Valencia.

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Elche joins the national protests for Palestine on May 10th

Tomorrow, Saturday May 10th, the Elche Palestine Solidarity Committee has scheduled a demonstration in accordance with the national mobilisations under the slogan “Move for Palestine.” The march will commence at 7:00 p.m., and the rally will be held at the Chimeneas de L’Algeps in Elche at 6:30 p.m.

The initiative aims to denounce the situation in Gaza and Palestine as a whole, and to encourage citizens to demonstrate their solidarity and demand genuine action to halt the violence. The Elche Palestine Solidarity Committee extends an invitation to all individuals, irrespective of their gender or age, to participate in this collective demonstration.

As part of a coordinated campaign to increase awareness of the situation in Palestine and demand an end to the violence and occupation, this mobilisation is one of a series of demonstrations that have been organised in various cities throughout Spain.