TRAGI-COMIC

A FORMER Murcia leader has been sentenced to three years in jail for rigging the tender of a construction project.

Pedro Antonio Sanchez was also fined €3,600 and landed a 17-year disqualification from public office over the scheme in which an architect pal handed a public contract without competition.

The project in Puerto Lumbreras was to build a theatre in the inland town during

Former Murcia president sentenced to three years in jail for rigging theatre tender

By Walter Finch

Sanchez’s tenure as mayor to the tune of €3million.

Under the Caso Auditorio investigation the court found him guilty of ensuring the town hall commissioned his architect friend,

TWO people who stole vintage wines worth €1.6 million from a Michelin-starred restaurant have been jailed.

Caceres Provincial Court has sentenced former Mexican beauty queen, Priscilla Guevara, to four years and her Dutch-Romanian boyfriend, Constantin Dumitru, to four-and-a-half years.

They've also been landed with a bill of over €750,000 as compensation to the Atrio restaurant's insurer.

Martin Lejarraga. The court found him guilty of arranging the tender with Lejarraga and doing everything possible to ‘avoid free competition for others during the tender process’. Sanchez (pictured) had been President of Murcia in 2017, when he was forced to

Expensive plonk

The star attraction of the 45 bottle haul was a 1806 bottle of Chateau d'Yquem worth over €300,000, but none of the wines have been recovered.

The couple were arrested trying to cross into Croatia from Montenegro following extensive cooperation between Spanish cops and police across Europe.