A 56-year-old man has died this Friday and another person has been seriously injured after having difficulty getting out of the water at Cala Mandia beach, in Portocristo (Mallorca).

The owner of tourist swallows from Portocristo, arrested this week for allegedly trying to bribe the Director General of Costs of the Government, Maria Joaquina Ferrer, wanted to obtain the concession for a ticket sales booth on the Cala Millor jetty.

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands confirmed this Tuesday the provisional imprisonment of the woman sentenced to a revisable life sentence for murdering her newborn daughter, whom she threw into a dumpster in Portocristo. The decision was made during the hearing held this Tuesday to review her procedural situation. The woman, Yolanda, was already in provisional prison after being arrested last week, once she was located after being on the run for nearly ten days.

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands confirmed this Tuesday the provisional imprisonment of the woman sentenced to life imprisonment with review for murdering her newborn daughter, whom she threw into a dumpster in Portocristo. The decision was made during the hearing held this Tuesday to review her procedural situation. The woman, Yolanda, was already in provisional prison after being arrested last week, once she was located after being on the run for nearly ten days.

A man has been arrested by the National Police in Portocristo as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault on a disabled woman, to whom he allegedly supplied drugs and alcohol and tied her up with ropes.

The Palma Court has sentenced the mother and uncle of the baby who died to life imprisonment with the possibility of review. abandoned in a container in Portocristo in November 2023. The court ruling considers it proven that both defendants acted with the intention of getting rid of the creature, whom they denied any possibility of survival.

It's one of Portocristo's most recognizable sights. And, at the same time, curiously, one of its least known. The large villa at the top of the Blau coast (officially Bordils Street) has been abandoned for years in the middle of a private pine forest, under the watchful eyes of locals and tourists on their way down to the beach.

One morning in 1965, some French businessmen took 600 kilos of sand from the beach of Portocristo to recreate an artificial beach on the French Riviera. That operation, called Operation Plages Internationals, turned a piece of the Mallorcan coast into a curious tourist postcard a thousand kilometers away.

The mother of the baby girl who was thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo in November 2023 told a friend on the phone days later that she "should have thrown her in the countryside" at the time of birth. During Wednesday's jury trial at the Provincial Court, several phone calls intercepted from the mother days after she gave birth to the 26-week-old baby were played. "I should have had her here and thrown her in the countryside," she tells the other person, who insists that she not go to the police station until the baby's autopsy is performed. "We did it wrong," the defendant insists to the other person, who tells her that the baby had no chance of surviving and refers to a neighbor's call to 112 (the Spanish emergency number) who became suspicious of the baby's uncle after seeing him loitering around the dumpsters. The mother recounts how the fetus "came out whole" in the car.

The baby thrown into a container in Portocristo in November 2023 had a pulse upon arrival at Levante Hospital, although this could have been due to the resuscitation efforts being performed. In Tuesday's session of the jury trial at the Provincial Court against the child's mother, her brother-in-law, and her sister, a nurse who attended to the newborn at the hospital recalled that the baby's heart was beating, although he insisted that this could have been due to the resuscitation efforts undertaken by all those involved upon confirming the newborn's non-viability. The first to testify was a doctor who, in similar terms, indicated that the baby had oxygen in its blood, although it was already separated from the placenta, which can be considered a sign of vitality. "It's possible that it was alive, but whether it was viable is another matter, especially with the resources available at Levante Hospital," she noted. At the start of the hearing, the presiding judge informed the jury that the baby's mother was hospitalized and had expressed her desire to waive her right to be present at the trial. The mother and the baby's uncle were again in the dock, with the prosecution requesting life imprisonment with the possibility of parole for the latter as alleged perpetrators of murder. The mother's sister-in-law is also accused and faces a fine of €5,400 for allegedly failing to render aid. According to the prosecutor's indictment, the events occurred on November 3, 2023, when the woman, 26 or 27 weeks pregnant, became involved in a car accident in which she was traveling with the other two defendants. After giving birth, and despite being in the vicinity of a hospital, the baby's mother handed the newborn's body over to the man because he threw it into a nearby dumpster and they fled the scene.

The jury trial for the death of the baby thrown into a container in Portocristo in 2023 began this Friday at the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands. the formation of a new jury.

Descending the Blau de Portocristo coast (officially Bordils Street), a steep slope on the seafront leading to the town beach and next to a small area of ​​wild pine forest, lies Flamingo, the most famous restaurant and a testament to the town's history. A staircase leads first to a small building (a ground floor with a dining room) and then opens onto a simple terrace with spectacular views. A few years ago, just after the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, the massive influx of tourists threatened its unique character; that of a place created and designed for local customers, which saw foreigners 'colonizing' what it had been intentionally keeping as a culinary haven.

There will be no underwater reef at the entrance to the port of Portocristo. The underwater museum with replicas of old ships, intended to attract cultural and adventure tourism to the town, has been definitively scrapped. This was announced on Monday by the Tourism Delegate of the Manacor City Council, Júlia Acosta, who, after several meetings, decided to abandon the initial project with a budget of two million euros, which was touted during the previous legislative term as the municipality's major investment using European funds.

The Manacor City Council has closed and sealed off a section of the Les Coves Blanques promenade in Portocristo due to a rockfall in the area, with the aim of ensuring safety. The action was taken after the Local Police's Coastal Territorial Unit reported the rockfall to the Urban Planning and Housing Department. A subsequent technical inspection confirmed that the rockfall may have been related to the recent heavy rains. Following the inspection, municipal technical services determined that the initial closure was insufficient and ordered the installation of temporary construction barriers to reinforce the safety of the affected area. The City Council has also requested that the Directorate General of Coasts and Coastline of the Government of the Balearic Islands visit and inspect the site of the incident in order to establish the appropriate measures to avoid risks to the public and prevent future landslides. The Council has asked the public to respect the temporary closure and safety instructions until definitive actions are determined.

This Friday at midday, the Stop Evictions platform in Mallorca attempted to prevent a woman and her two disabled children from being forced out of a ground-floor apartment on Sureda Street in Portocristo. According to sources from the group, the apartment they lived in had been reported by a neighbor who argued that it was a commercial space, not a residence. The contract they signed was for one year, renewable for up to five, "despite the fact that the law states it must be seven years when the landlord is a legal entity," the platform points out. After five years, the landlord reclaimed the apartment and, from then on, "didn't fix anything, neither the dampness nor other problems." Furthermore, the contract had been signed by the tenant's ex-partner, who has a restraining order against him and her two children. The group also denounces that the property owner "owns more than ten properties," a fact he allegedly "hidden" in the certificate attached to the lawsuit. They also suspect the possible "falsification" of a registry document. The woman didn't understand the dates of the eviction and the trial. "She was planning to attend the trial without a lawyer, unaware that she would be evicted before the trial for not having requested a public defender within the first three days after receiving the lawsuit," says the platform, which adds that the Social Services Department of the Manacor City Council "made an attempt in court" to stop the eviction with the family support case, but "the court ignored them." Helplessness

This Friday at midday, the Stop Evictions platform in Mallorca attempted to prevent a woman and her two disabled children from being forced out of a ground-floor apartment on Sureda Street in Portocristo. According to sources from the group, the apartment they lived in had been reported by a neighbor who argued that it was a commercial space, not a residence. The contract they signed was for one year, renewable for up to five, "despite the fact that the law states it must be seven years when the landlord is a legal entity," the platform points out. After five years, the landlord reclaimed the apartment and from then on "didn't fix anything, neither the dampness nor other problems." Furthermore, the contract had been signed by the tenant's ex-partner, who has a restraining order against him and her two children. The group also denounces that the property owner "owns more than ten properties," a fact he allegedly "hidden" in the certificate attached to the lawsuit. They also suspect the possible "falsification" of a registry document. The woman didn't understand the dates of the eviction and the trial. "She planned to go to the trial without a lawyer, unaware that she would be evicted before the trial for not having requested a public defender within the first three days after receiving the lawsuit," says the platform, which adds that the Social Services department of the Manacor City Council "made an attempt in court" to stop the eviction for this family, but "the court ignored them." Helplessness

Furthermore, the platform denounces the "defenselessness" of the woman and her two evicted children, a situation the group is considering reporting to the Congressional committee that oversees compliance with the Charter of Citizens' Rights before the Justice Administration. They assert that this Friday morning, court officials at the Court of First Instance Number 3 in Manacor refused to read the document submitted by the affected woman, which she had also previously sent yesterday to a court email address that has since changed, making it unrecoverable. In this document, the affected woman explains that the premises where she lives "are registered as a dwelling" and that, following the complaint received by the Manacor City Council's Urban Planning Department, she has been unable to access the file because she had not been notified. She also explains that, due to her status as a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her ex-partner, she has lost her job and is "not in a position to know" how to defend herself or understand the documents. She claims she didn't realize the trial date was after the eviction date and that the appointment she finally scheduled with a public defender was after the eviction planned for November 21st. Therefore, the woman requests the retroactive annulment of the proceedings due to her "extraordinary and exceptional circumstances stemming from the violence and harassment she suffered," or, failing that, the "suspension of the proceedings" to initiate the vulnerability claim provided for by law, with the aim of "having time to begin preparing and be able to prove that we are in a situation of economic and social vulnerability."

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The presiding judge of the Jury Court of the Provincial Court of Palma dissolved the jury in the trial for the death of a baby who was thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo (Mallorca) and decided to suspend the proceedings indefinitely. The decision, according to the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB), was made due to doubts raised regarding the competence of an expert witness who testified at the request of the defendants' lawyers. The judge considered that the only piece of evidence presented by the defense, this report, could not be considered valid evidence, given that the Criminal Procedure Law requires that the person preparing the report hold an official qualification. Therefore, she considered that the trial could not continue, as the defense would be left without evidence and the principle of equality of arms, as well as the right to a defense and effective judicial protection guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution, would be violated.

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The jury trial for the death of the baby abandoned in a manure container in Portocristo may be suspended and has been postponed until next Wednesday after the judge reported that one of the expert witnesses who testified on Tuesday may not have the required medical qualifications. The expert in question, Carlos Cuadrado Gómez-Serranillos, previously convicted of fraud in the sale of training courses, testified at the request of the defense for the baby's mother. died in November 2023 shortly after birthSeveral local media outlets reported that his medical degree might not be valid, which created uncertainty about the validity of his statement.

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The doctors who treated the baby found in a dumpster in Portocristo believe the child was born alive. They declared this Tuesday during the second session of the jury trial taking place at the Provincial Court, where The mother and brother-in-law are accused of murder and the woman's sister, for failure to provide assistance.

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The prosecutor in the case of the newborn who died after being thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo in November 2023 said this Monday, at the start of the public hearing, that "the doll was born alive and arrived warm at the hospital." She made this statement in her preliminary indictment to the members of the jury trying the baby's mother and uncle for murder, and the baby's aunt for failure to provide assistance. "The doll was killed because they threw it into the dumpster and abandoned it," the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office stated at the start of the trial.

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