46 h. ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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57 h. ago No charges over Brit woman shot dead in dad's home in America

Lucy Harrison was visiting her dad home's in Prosper, Texas, when she was shot in the chest from "medium range" on January 10. The Warrington woman was rushed to hospital but died later that day

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64 h. ago 'San Pedro Prowler' targeting Brits' homes on Costa del Sol as victims sleep: Terrifying video shows masked burglar stalking through properties

Chilling footage shows the moment a man in a mask and a grey hoodie breaks into a series of villas between San Pedro de Alcantara in Marbella and Benahavis, on the Costa del Sol.

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5 d. ago 'No charges laid' after British woman, 23, was shot dead 'by another person' at her father's US home

A manslaughter investigation was launched in February after Lucy Harrison, 23, from Warrington, Cheshire, was killed at the house in Prosper, Texas , on January 10.

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8 d. ago Female bodybuilding star dubbed 'She Hulk' is hammered to death in her Costa del Sol home before her US husband kills himself with a knife after the pair returned from Dubai contest

A professional female bodybuilder was beaten to death with a hammer at her Costa del Sol home before her muscleman husband killed himself using a knife, police believe.

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9 d. ago 'Hitman' wanted in Spain for gunning down two Scottish gangsters at Costa Del Sol Irish bar appears in court

Michael Riley, 44, is charged with the murders of Lyons gang members Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, at Monaghans Bar in Feungirola on May 31.

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1 week ago Brit traveller, 36, gunned down in 'murder capital' of Mexico was in 'wrong place at the wrong time', coroner told

British traveller Ben Corser who was shot dead alongside two friends in Mexico 's 'murder capital' was unlawfully killed, a coroner concluded today.

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1 week ago Almost 200 holidaymakers 'locked in' seafront Spanish hotel after local police barricaded door amid 'anti

Photos from today show steel cables and a large notice on the entrance to the Vivemar Hotel on the Costa del Sol saying 'precintado' or 'sealed off' in English.

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1 week ago Hundreds unable to leave Costa del Sol hotel by front door as cops seal up entrance

The only way in and out of the beachfront Vivemar Hotel near Torremolinos is through the garage car-park entrance for more than 200 guests as staff say they are 'rushed off' their feet

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1 week ago Man gunned down in Costa Del Sol weeks before Scot gang murders named

The brutal street shooting happened at around 8.15pm on Easter Monday in the popular British holiday resort of Calahonda, between Marbella and Fuengirola in Spain.

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1 week ago Scottish gangsters shot dead in Costa del Sol bar were killed by 'rival gang hitman' apprehended in UK 'before fleeing to tax haven paradise island'

The gunman who shot dead Scots mobsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr at a Costa del Sol pub was a member of a rival gang, Spanish police chiefs said last night.

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1 week ago Brit horrified as donkeys 'frothing at the mouth' made to carry tourists in 31C

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Claire Meaning, 48, said she was left distraught after visiting the "pretty hillside town" on the Costa del Sol and witnessing the pain of its four-legged residents

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1 week ago Brit tourists outraged over 'emaciated' donkeys used for rides in Spanish hotspot

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Clare Meaning, 48, travelled to La Cala de Mijas in the Costa del Sol with her husband and five-year-old, but left the "pretty hillside town" feeling upset by what she saw

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1 week ago Costa Del Sol dream came crashing down after pictures were taken at Spanish nightclub

Lee Tansey and his gang stole a staggering £500,000 in a string of terrifying heists across the North - but were eventually caught after their 'arrogance' got the better of them

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2 w. ago Scots 'gangland' double shooting accused named as Brit after Spanish bar bloodbath

Scots Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan were shot dead at Monaghans Bar in Costa del Sol at around 11pm on May 31 after they watched the Champions League final

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2 w. ago Costa del Sol double gangster shooting sees man arrested in UK

A suspect was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities. Police have yet to make a formal statement

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2 w. ago Suspect arrested over Spanish execution of Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr

Spanish police have confirmed a man has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of the Costa del Sol gangland execution of Scots mobsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr.

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2 w. ago Man arrested after Spain 'gangland killing' of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr

Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were shot dead at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in the Costa Del Sol on 31 May.

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2 w. ago Brit gangster gunned down in Spain sent 'shockwaves through underworld'

Ross Monaghan, 43, was gunned down on the Costa del Sol, alongside Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, with insiders now claiming he was the Lyons gang's most 'significant figure'

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2 w. ago Drug kingpin executed in Costa del Sol bar was 'becoming more powerful than his boss... and rival cartels who viewed him as "top dog" put £250k bounty on his head'

Ross Monaghan, 43, long associated with Glasgow 's violent Lyons crime family, was assassinated alongside fellow mobster Eddie Lyons Jr, 46, in Spain.

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