THE WEATHER
Edition 347
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Friday 10th November 2017
THE GUILT OF A MOTHER
Swiss woman has pled guilty to slitting her baby's throat at Torrevieja Hospital in January 2014, on the opening day of her trial at the Alicante Provincial Court in Elche. The plea came as part of a deal where she took 11 years behind bars, after prosecutors had initially called for a 17-year jail sentence on a count of homicide. The sentence was also reduced because it was accepted that she did suffer from a personality disorder. 44-year-old Katharina Katit-Staheli had disappeared from Zurich with baby Dylan Katit, who was ten months old, on Christmas Eve 2013, prompting authorities to put out a Europe-wide alert.
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She did not believe in traditional medicine, and had kidnapped her son from a hospital where he was being treated for water on the brain. She had lost custody of the child because of his ongoing health needs and the fact she refused to allow him to be treated by the Swiss national medical service. Katit-Staheli's father, Othmar Stäheli, was arrested in Zürich for aiding and abetting, as he reportedly helped her smuggle the baby out of the city's hospital after the social services took him away from her, since she wanted to 'protect him from doctors. She then drove her father's car through several countries before arriving in Torrevieja.
do something about it immediately, though the Ombudsman had no legal power to force the council to do anything, after acting on complaints led by the Federación de Asociaciones de Vecinos de Orihuela Costa (FAOC). Orihuela council spokesman Rafael Almagro announced a package of measures this week, with a 300,000-euro tender to be advertised to improve playgrounds and green areas in areas like La Zenia, Cabo Roig, and La Florida. A 570,000-euro tender for improving roads and pavements over a four-month period on the Orihuela
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The Guardia Civil traced Ms Katit-Staheli to the Carrefour hypermarket next to the Habaneras Shopping Centre, after she was spotted by somebody who had recognised her photograph in the media. She was immediately taken to Torrevieja Hospital with her baby, because of the concerns about his
health, but she had a knife in the nappy bag that she carried for her son. Katit-Staheli then killed him, after being given permission to bathe the infant before doctors gave him a thorough medical examination. She then tried to take her own life by stabbing herself in the neck, and needed emergency surgery.
SORTING OUT THE COSTA
rihuela council is to counter criticism about the state of children’s play areas on the Orihuela Costa as well as the condition of local roads and pavements, by investing nearly 900 thousand euro in two major projects. The investment in the area had already previously been announced by the authority, but no specific plans had been declared. In September, the Valencian Ombudsman slammed the authority over the dangerous condition of playgrounds and green spaces on the Orihuela Costa. The authority was told to
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Costa is also to be advertised, with Campoamor, Los Dolses, Villamartín, Playa Flamenca, La Zenia and La Florida amongst the areas to be covered. Almagro said:- “We are dealing with long-standing
complaints from Orihuela Costa residents that have been built up for some time, and this represents an important investment which will improve the lives of everyone that lives in the area.”
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