Torreguadiaro fire starter is accused of seven others in the area

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CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR The San Enrique de Guadiaro man who was arrested on June 24 and charged with the fire that caused havoc in Torreguadiaro earlier that month, has been charged with setting a fire in San Martín del Tesorillo, in the municipality of Jimena. The judge sent the man to prison but he was released on bail on June 26. According to the Guardia Civil, to whom the alleged pyromaniac is well know, he proceeded to steal a motorbike in Secadero (Casares) last Friday. He rode off to the Montenegral area of Tesorillo where he supposedly started a fire in an area known as Pista de los Americanos, which contains several homes. This fire burned down some two hectares. Having left the motorbike close by, the man was arrested shortly after the fire was put out thanks to his being named and identified by several witnesses. He is now 'at the disposal of the courts' accused of a total of seven fires, all of them during June. Aside from this last one, these include one in Secadero on June 7; another on the A-2102 road at San Enrique, on the 16th; the one at Torreguadiaro reported here, on June 19; another two set on that same day, on the Arenillas road, between Sotogrande and Castellar, and the other at Tesorillo.

Arrested for damaging a polo field

Playing on the field

Damage valued at €1000

SAN ENRIQUE (Agencies) The Guardia Civil arrested a man on Thursday who allegedly did damage to one of the polo fields at the Ayala club in San Enrique de Guadiaro. The club manager reported the matter on Wednesday, when he found the field unusable. The GC found that a lock had been broken on the gate and wheel tracks all over the field. The alleged perpetrator was identified and arrested. The spring polo season is about to start any day now and this would have been one of the main fields to be used.

Three arrested for burglaries committed in Jimena and San Enrique

JIMENA/SAN ENRIQUE (Agencies) The Guardia Civil of Guadiaro detained three people suspected of burglary after a call came in, on Friday last, alerting them of the robbery of 400 litres of diesel fuel from a parked lorry, as well as an electric generator and several tools. Initial investigation led to a patrol being set, and when the GC arrived in San Enrique they found a car parked at the side of the road with three people inside. At first inspection, they detected a strong smell of fuel, stains of the same nature and the tools to extract it. Close by, in the grounds of a house, was a fuel container and an air compressor. While a court order was being obtained to enter the house, the Local Police set up a watch, during which they saw the occupants throwing items out of a window. These were later identified as the proceeds from burglaries reported in Jimena and San Enrique de Guadiaro, which included TV sets, music centres, amplifiers, numerous tools, pictures and a large variety of other such things, all of which leading to a total of five burglaries. R. A. B., J. J. F. C. and J. M. F. are now 'at the disposal of the courts'.

San Enrique residents demonstrate today to demand completion of their Health Centre

SAN ROQUE/San Enrique de Guadiaro (Agencies) Residents of San Enrique, at the Northern end of the municipality, have been demanding that the expanded health centre in the village be finished once and for all. The unfinished building, which was started two years ago, is deteriorating rapidly (photo), so the patients' lobby is asking their neighbours and supporters to come out at 5.30 this evening in a demonstration of their frustration. They will be gathering at the unfinished building and plan to march through the streets of the village.

Tesorillo medical centre to house physiotherapy centre

(Press release) The health centre at San Martín del Tesorillo is being extended in order to house a physiotherapy centr that will be available not only to Tesorillo residents but also to those from San Enrique, Montenegral an Sotogrande, according to Councillor for Health Mercedes Segovia. The project, financed by the Junta's Plan E with a budget of €120,274 and is being built on municipal land next to the health centre, was created following prescriptions by the Health Authority of the Campo de Gibraltar and will provide an up-to-the-minute service that until now has been housed in rented facilties.