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| Jesus Gil and son |
MARBELLA (EP) The Court of Auditors has ordered the children of the late Jesús Gil, a larger-than-life and controversial businessman and politician to pay over €100 million in compensation to the municipality of Marbella for accounting irregularities during his spell as mayor of the glitzy southern Mediterranean resort town. As inheritors of their father's estate, the court ruled his children had also inherited his obligations and ordered Jesús, Miguel Ángel, Fernando and María Ángeles Gil Marín to pay €66.5 million for the losses caused by the municipality by their late father and a further €39 million in interest, local newspaper Sur reported. The irregularities date back to the period 1994-1999.>
