Briton's case comes to court over four years later

LA LÍNEA (Agencies) It has taken the judicial system over four years to bring a murder case to court, although the accused gave himself up only a few hours after the incident. Back in June, 2006, a man identified by his initial G.A., a British national, invited two men he had just met, J.M.V. and Ryszard Antoni Korkus, back to his flat for a drink. The men left shortly afterwards and went to sit on a bench on Avenida 20 de Abril. At around 2am G.A., a resident of the town, allegedly turned up wielding a large knife with which he supposedly attacked both of them. Korkus died with a stab to his heart at the second thrust, according to the posecution. J.M.V. received several more cuts as he attempted to shield his friend. Court papers say that G.A. is bi-polar and had allegedly consumed considerable amounts of alcohol and other substances that night.>

In any case, only a few hours after the incident, G.A. crossed the border into Gibraltar and gave himself up to the Royal Gibraltar Police, saying he had been involved in a fracas on the other side of the border. He was arrested and eventually handed over to the police in La Línea.

That was four years ago. G.A. Spent four years in preventive custody, the maximum allowed, and  had to be set free. Now he is to sit in court in Algeciras.