Carmenes del Mar

Website of the Communities of Property Owners in La Herradura, Granada

Articles from January 2014

"A nightmare house" on Spanish Television's Comando Actualidad on January 22nd

Mon, 20/01/2014 - 15:50 -- admin

Tune in to TVE1 at 22:30 this coming Wednesday, January 22nd, to watch a special segment featuring Carmenes del Mar. Comando Actualidad is a Spanish TV program that airs every Wednesday, and each week covers a topical issue as seen through the eyes of four street reporters. This week in "A nightmare house", they visit  Ignacio and Mercedes, who continue to live in Carmenes del Mar, despite having been issued an eviction order due to the dangerous condition of their house, and Pierre, who came from Belgiium to enjoy retirement in La Herradura, and whose house has completely collapsed. You can read more about the program here.

More delays in Carmenes del Mar trial

Wed, 08/01/2014 - 12:50 -- admin

The trial of the eight defendants in the case of Carmenes de Mar has been suspended yet again, this time due to the failure of the court video recording system. The opening session of the trial was due to take place yesterday, January 7th, in the Granada law courts, having been previously suspended last October. More than 50 witnesses, technical experts and defendants had been called to attend, as well as a dozen or so lawyers. Under existing court rules every court session must be recorded, but a fault in the recording system made that impossiible and the judge was obliged to cancel the session. Four calls were made to the Junta de Andalucia IT services personnel, in which the very high priority of the case was emphasised, but no reply, neither positive nor negative, was forthcoming.

The judge has rescheduled the case to be heard over eight session on alternate ...