Zurgena: First criminal case against the mayor suspended

[Maura_Hillen]

AUAN, 26th February 2011


As reported in La Voz de Almeria, the first of 12 criminal trials against the mayor of Zurgena , Candido Trabalon and members of the previous town council, planned for the second week in March has been suspended due to a procedural issue.

The judge made the order to allow the town council (as an entity) and the insurance company to put in their defence because they are possibly responsible to pay damages. The case goes back one step but continues.

The article reports that some 30 people, mainly British citizens, are taking part in the case, having allegedly invested in houses outside of planning with an illegal building licence.

The case relates to the construction of 53 houses in the areas know as ' Barranco de Los Pinos' and' Cortijo Zurano". The mayor is accused of authorizing, through the concession of building licences and plenary agreements, the construction of houses on land not zoned for building knowing that this was illegal.

http://www.lavozdealmeria.es/vernoticia.asp?IdNoticia=7914