Julián Muñoz and Del Nido get seven and a half years in prison

José María del Nido

MARBELLA (Agencies) The former mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, was sentenced yesterday to seven and a half years in jail for his part in the Minutas case, an spin-off of the Malaya case, Spain's largest. The judge also sentenced the President of Sevilla Football Club, José María del Nido, to the same time in jail - plus payment of €3,058,505 and €2.7 million respectively, and are barred from public office for 15 years. The alleged head of the Malaya case, also involved in this one, Juan Antonio Roca, got 4 years in jail. The case arises from a systematic 'decapitalization' of the Marbella treasury, called Minutas because this is another word for bills, as presented by lawyers (Del Nido is one), but which in this case were presented between 1999 and 2003, but no legal work done for them. The case can be appealed to the Supreme Court but there is no news that they will be.

Former Marbella mayor not allowed to enter Gibraltar to visit girlfriend's parents

JIMENA/GIBRALTAR/MARBELLA (Photo: CampoPulse files) Julián Muñoz, the former Mayor of Marbella facing umpteen law suits about his time in that position, was told by one of the judges handling his many cases, that he is not allowed to go to Gibraltar to visit his Gibraltarian girlfriend's parents. Muñoz is an almost permanent resident at his girlfriend Karina Pau's  home in Jimena, where he can be seen at many local establishments; indeed, she used to run one of these in Estación de Jimena (a.k.a. Los Ángeles) with a former partner (photo). Although Muñoz has had his passport removed, one can enter Gibraltar legally on a Spanish ID card. (Prospero note: I ran into him at the petrol station washing his car the other day. And my best regards to Karina, whom I haven't seen for a long time.)