https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police said on Friday that they have arrested a British fugitive who was convicted in Britain of raping two teenage boys. https://www.thelocal.es/20161202/spain-detains-fugitive-british-paedophile-in-benidorm Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:50:03 +0100 spain-detains-fugitive-british-paedophile-in-benidorm Spanish police have arrested 56 men in a crackdown against internet child pornography carried out across the country, police said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20161110/spanish-police-arrest-56-men-in-anti-paedophile-raid Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:14:11 +0100 spanish-police-arrest-56-men-in-anti-paedophile-raid A father in Écija near Sevilla got into a fight with the alleged sexual abuser of his disabled daughter on Friday, but the confrontation soon became deadly. https://www.thelocal.es/20150511/father-kills-daughters-alleged-sexual-abuser Mon, 11 May 2015 11:05:15 +0200 father-kills-daughters-alleged-sexual-abuser Spanish police have arrested 54 alleged paedophiles who filmed and shared footage of young girls in public toilets. One of the accused is a physiotherapist who reportedly put a hidden camera in his practice's lavatory. https://www.thelocal.es/20141008/54-paedophiles-arrested-in-hidden-cam Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:41:00 +0200 54-paedophiles-arrested-in-hidden-cam Spanish police have released a video of the arrest of the alleged paedophile who kidnapped and raped several children in Madrid over the summer. They described the bodybuilder and martial arts expert as a “dangerous predator”. https://www.thelocal.es/20140925/video-police-arrest-spains-most-wanted-paedophile Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:45:00 +0200 video-police-arrest-spains-most-wanted-paedophile Updated: Police in the Spanish city of Santander have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping five children in Madrid over the last 12 months. The suspect has a criminal record, previously spending seven years in jail for sexually abusing a young girl. https://www.thelocal.es/20140924/child-kidnapper-arrested-santander-spain-paedophile Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:10:00 +0200 child-kidnapper-arrested-santander-spain-paedophile A leading Spanish psychologist has admitted to telling serial rapists and paedophiles he treats that taking their own lives would be an "ethical escape". https://www.thelocal.es/20140818/paedophiles-should-commit-suicide-official Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:40:00 +0200 paedophiles-should-commit-suicide-official A Spanish tourist in Marrakech has been stoned by a group of youngsters who caught him sexually abusing a young boy. https://www.thelocal.es/20140725/spanish-paedophile-stoned-by-moroccan-youths Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:28:00 +0200 spanish-paedophile-stoned-by-moroccan-youths Spain is planning to set up a register of registered sex offenders as part of new legislation designed to protect the country's children, but the details need ironing out, experts say. https://www.thelocal.es/20140428/spain-to-set-up-uk-style-paedophile-register Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:10:00 +0200 spain-to-set-up-uk-style-paedophile-register Children will be legally obliged to do housework and respect their school teachers under a new draft law approved in the Spanish Parliament on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140428/law-could-force-spanish-kids-to-do-housework Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:43:00 +0200 law-could-force-spanish-kids-to-do-housework A Spanish burglar who anonymously handed in stolen video tapes which led to the arrest of a paedophile football coach has turned himself in, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:08:00 +0100 spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Police on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Thursday arrested a British pensioner wanted for sex crimes involving minors. He had been travelling using his brother's passport. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/british-paedophile-arrested-in-canary-islands Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:55:04 +0100 british-paedophile-arrested-in-canary-islands Spanish police said on Thursday they had arrested a suspected paedophile football coach after a thief tipped them off to incriminating videotapes stolen from the man's home. https://www.thelocal.es/20131219/cops-nab-paedophile-after-tip-off-from-thief Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:43:00 +0100 cops-nab-paedophile-after-tip-off-from-thief Police in Spain arrested a man with one of the biggest collections of child pornography ever seized there, with more than 800,000 images of violent abuse including bestiality, authorities said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/spain-arrests-man-with-vast-child-porn-haul Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:41:00 +0100 spain-arrests-man-with-vast-child-porn-haul A Spanish judge ordered 78-year-old Michael McCartney to be handed back to Britain after a widely-promoted Crimestoppers campaign aimed at finding the UK’s 13 most wanted criminals in Spain led to his arrest last Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131118/spanish-judge-orders-peadophile-to-be-handed-back-to-britain Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:39:00 +0100 spanish-judge-orders-peadophile-to-be-handed-back-to-britain A man who used a cane to severely injure a "paedophile" who sent pornographic text messages to his underage daughter has been arrested in Langreo, northern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20131017/father-arrested-over-attack-daughters-stalker Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:17:00 +0200 father-arrested-over-attack-daughters-stalker A Spanish court on Wednesday postponed a hearing of a paedophile who was controversially pardoned by the King of Morocco, after the suspect's accuser disappeared, an official said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130828/missing-victim-stalls-spanish-paedophile-trial Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:30:00 +0200 missing-victim-stalls-spanish-paedophile-trial A judge remanded in custody on Tuesday a convicted child rapist who was arrested in Spain after a controversial pardon by Morocco's king was revoked in the face of angry protests. https://www.thelocal.es/20130807/spain-detains-paedophile-pardoned-by-morocco Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:21:00 +0200 spain-detains-paedophile-pardoned-by-morocco The convicted paedophile arrested by Spanish police on Monday after his pardon was revoked by Morocco's King Mohamed VI was originally supposed repatriated to a Spanish prison and not released, sources have told the news agency AFP. https://www.thelocal.es/20130806/spanish-paedophile-pardon-was-admin-error Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:43:00 +0200 spanish-paedophile-pardon-was-admin-error Spanish police have arrested the paedophile pardoned by Morocco's King Mohamed VI, Spain's interior ministry reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130805/spanish-police-arrest-pardoned-paedophile Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:56:00 +0200 spanish-police-arrest-pardoned-paedophile