Former tennis ace Boris Becker loses villa in Mallorca, Spain

German former tennis ace and six-time Grand Slam champion, Boris Becker, has apparently just lost out on his luxury holiday villa on the island of Mallorca in the Spanish Balearic Islands.

Becker had apparently neglected to pay a construction bill of €391,000 ($544,000) and the Spanish authorities confiscated the home.

According to a judge in Palma, the nine-bedroom property will now be auctioned off for a tidy €7 million ($9,750,993). The construction bill in question was apparently for carpentry and plumbing work, as well as for resurfacing a basketball court at the villa.

Becker’s lawyer is trying to claim that the bills were the responsibility of the real estate agent who sold him the villa, but the judge is having none of that. Reportedly Becker, 46, bought the villa 17 years ago.

Becker almost lost the villa over a similar case back in 2012, where around €276,162 ($384,780) was owed to a local gardening and landscaping company. In that case, Becker managed to scrape together the amount owing and keep the home.

Apparently back in 2007, Becker tried to sell the house for €15 million ($21 million) but didn't manage to find a buyer.

Reportedly Becker's economic problems arose due to a €24 million ($33 million) divorce case.  With the latest case, should he wish to keep the villa, he would also be required to cough up an additional €24,000 ($33,441) in court fees and interest.  To the source

Brit dies from fall from 10th floor in Mallorca, Spain

According to local media, police in Mallorca are investigating the death of a 35-year-old British man who died after falling from the tenth floor of a building in the popular resort area of Magalluf on Tuesday.

Photo by: Rafael Ortega Díaz

The local newspaper, Diario de Mallorca reported that initially police thought the man had been murdered.

The man died after falling ten stories and landing on a car, parked in front of 5 Magalluf Avenue.  A local, out walking his dog, found the man's body at six o'clock on Tuesday morning.

The man, so far identified only by the initials D.L.K. was found wearing only a swimming costume and flip flops.

Further investigations on the scene revealed no signs of violence, and his injuries were consistent with his fall, according to police, who are now trying to determine if the man's death was a suicide or accident.

According to sources at the British Embassy in Madrid, they are aware of the death of a British citizen in Magalluf and consular services in Mallorca are providing support to the family of the man.

Mallorca police nab 'radical' hairdresser as suspected terrorist

A German national of Tunisian descent was arrested on Thursday after claiming he had been sent by Allah to "kill all the Spanish." The alleged terrorist was arrested in Alcúdia, Mallorca, and charged with a number of crimes.

 

The "radical" hairdresser apparently also said that he had "terrorist friends who could plant bombs" and added: "I don't mind dying; if I have to die, I'll die, but I'll take plenty of others with me."

 

According to an official report from the Baleares Civil Guard, the accused was a student of a well-known hairdressing academy in Palma, the capital of the island of Mallorca. 

 

The report said that, "He became radicalized in the last year after making a trip to his country of origin," and further pointed out that he had made "constant threats of death and references to being a Muslim."

 

The report also stated that he had said that, "Soon the Muslims will be the kings of the world."

 

The suspect was arrested previously, on February 15th, for trying to attack a local policeman. He apparently followed the police officer's vehicle, attempting to crash into it, and then threatened to kill the officer.

 

During the past week, he is said to have threatened to "blow up the hairdressing academy and kill everyone" and to kill one of the center's administrators, while holding scissors to her neck. 

 

When police officers searched the man's apartment, they discovered a Samurai sword, documents in Arabic about the forgiveness of sins and also material considered by the police to show "signs or evidence of family tensions or changes in behavior, withdrawal and social polarization". 

 

There were also reportedly self-help books for low self-esteem. 

 

All of the evidence, together with constant references to his radical religious ideology, have resulted in his arrest. The man is accused of crimes of threatening agents of authority, attempted homicide with aggravating circumstances of acting for reasons of discrimination, relating to ideology, religion, beliefs or the nation. 

 

The image above shows the Samurai sword and other personal effects found in the home of the suspected terroris.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352351