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A FORMER MP has claimed UK politicians discussing going to war over Gibraltar are only doing it because ‘they’re too old to have sex’. Labour’s Denis MacShane was speaking after Lord Howard’s claim that the UK would be willing to go to war with Spain amid rising Brexit tensions. Former Royal Navy commander Chris Parry also warned Britain could ‘cripple’ Spain in any military action. “The men making so much noise in England about Gibraltar are too old to have sex,” MacShane told a Spanish newspaper. “This was their last opportunity to have an erection and that's why they've started shouting against Spain." McShane also used Spain’s north African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta as an example of Spanish doubled standards. "Gibraltar is British in the same way as the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish. It’s exactly the same.” he said. McShane also attacked British Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, saying Spain was now ‘in a better position’ following the effective veto over Gibraltar in the European Council’s draft negotiating guidelines.
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Italian job ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ couple accused of rent deposit scam EXCLUSIVE By Joe Duggan
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GIBRALTAR workers have accused a couple of doing a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ style runner with thousands of pounds in rental deposits. Marco Molinari and convicted fraudster Natasha Marie Lambert, 24, fled to Italy from the La Linea home they had ‘illegally’ sublet this month, leaving a string of accusations in their wake. Cross-border workers claim Molinari who ran La Linea based real estate company Tu Casa Click, and Lambert conned them out of several thousand pounds. One former friend of Molinari’s, who works in Gibraltar’s gaming industry, was furious to discover the Italian had illegally
ROME RUNNER: Couple Marco Molinari and Natasha Marie Lambert accused of stealing rent deposits subletted her a property without £1,500 in deposit and rent from the owner’s consent. her before scarpering with their She claims the couple took over pet dogs to Malaga Airport and
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catching a flight to Rome. “Most of the time I communicated with the girl. I was disappointed more than anything as he was a friend,” said the alleged victim, who asked to remain anonymous. “I can’t believe he would do that. They lied and were covering up between them all the time. The electricity was cut off the next day as they hadn’t paid their bills for months.” She reported the matter to Spanish Police. Another former friend of the couple said he and his wife lost their £1,400 deposit on a Santa Margarita property. He claims Lambert told him the property was rented and was no longer available after he had already paid. “We tried to help her then they did this,” he said.“We were only earning minimum wage. “It is not just disgusting. It is the disappointment. Tash was a good friend of my wife until she left us homeless.” Sophie Dufraisse, a Sales Negotiator at Gibraltar’s KS Sotheby’s International Realty said she was ‘shocked’ to hear Molinari had accepted a £150 deposit from one of her client’s in the street. “They ended up losing £150,” she said. “I know of a few tenants in Gibraltar who Marco did not show up for. He always had an excuse.” La Linea restaurateur Daniel Ward claims he was left with unpaid bills of around £2,000 after buying a restaurant through Tu Casa Click. An advert for the property on the Tu Casa Click Facebook
page seen by the Olive Pressclaimed ‘there is no credit outstanding’ at the former Perejil Grill, now named Dannys. Denying responsibility for any unpaid bills, Molinari labelled Ward ‘a dxxxxxxd’, a ‘txxt’ and a ‘stupid child’ when he complained. The Olive Press also understands Molinari allegedly planned to buy a fake Italian driver’s licence with a different name and address while in Spain. When the Olive Press tracked down Molinari to Italy he said: “I have already spoken to these people. It is all a mistake. “That was from a long time ago. I do not want to know anything about that. I do not know what you are talking about.” He denied still being involved with Lambert before hanging up. Following the Olive Press call, Molinari contacted one person and promised to return her money the next day. In 2015, Lambert was convicted of fraud by false representation at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court after conning renters in the UK out of £5,300. She had falsely claimed a property was hers to rent to the victims. Lambert was given a 12-month community order, ordered to participate in a rehabilitation activity and pay compensation to her three victims, plus court charges. A warrant was issued for her arrest in March 2016 after she failed to comply with the order.
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