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Expensive hi-jinks FOUR BRITISH tourists and a Swede have been fined a massive €180,000 for the dangerous practice of ‘balconing’ at Magaluf hotels so far this summer. The Calvia Policia Local has identified the perpetrators who put their lives on the line - often under the influence of alcohol and drugs - by clambering and leaping between hotel balconies. Each of the five people punished have been fined €36,000. They were also ordered immediately to find somewhere else to stay in compliance with the regional law to curb tourist excesses. Calvia City Council’s Juan Feliu, said the penalties are a ‘powerful deterrent’.
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“Balconing is not tolerable. It is an irresponsible practice that can cause serious injuries and even death,” said Feliu. The council is seeking to change the area’s tourist image and has introduced a zero-tolerance policy towards balconing with police patrols looking out for offenders. The latest incident took place at 6am on Monday when a tourist jumped from one balcony to another. He was hit with an immediate big fine and expelled from his hotel. There have been no balconing fatalities so far this summer but the council admits it’s a situation that they it fully control. Calvia’s mayor has recently me the British consul to its determination to stamp out bad behaviour.
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Heart-warming story of how paralysed expat and his carer fell for each other and had a child EXCLUSIVE By Laurence Dollimore
A BRITISH paraplegic has had a ‘miracle’ baby with the local Spanish beauty who nursed him back to health. Expat Aaron Salter, 30, was paralysed from the waist down following a horror car crash in Plymouth in 2015, breaking his spine in multiple places. He immediately froze his sperm, hoping that one day he would meet the woman of his dreams and be able to start a family. After 18 months in hospital, he was able to return to Spain a n d stayed with his father L e s Salter, 72, in the quaint village of Salinas in Valencia. Howe v e r h e t o o k a turn PARTY: Whole village celebrated
for the worse and developed sores, leaving him practically bed-ridden for nine months. It was then that local stunner Estrella Garrido, now 36, began managing his care. “I had always known of her and she was amazing with liaising with the town hall and other authorities on my behalf,” Aaron told the Olive Press. “She started caring for me and our feelings for each other just grew and grew, and here we are.” He added: “The support from the town has been so overwhelming, there’s been so much love shown to me.
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“I never knew if I was going to be a dad but I froze my sperm just in case. “We did IVF treatment at a clinic in Alicante, it was much cheaper than the UK and it worked the first time thank god!” The happy couple welcomed their daughter, also named Estrella, into the world almost exactly a year ago. The entire local village held a street party last week to celebrate the tot's first birthday. Granddad Les told the Olive Press: “I was amazed to hear Estrella was pregnant, I was so proud of him, it has made me feel touched. “He had his life in front of him and we were setting him up with our kennels business and that was all taken away in an instant. To know
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he has a lovely lady that loves and cares for him, and now a family, that’s lovely for me.” Les and an eightyear-old Aaron had moved to Spain in 2001 following the death of his wife to cancer. He set up a kennels business in Sax, near Salinas, and began transporting dogs from Spain to the UK for adoption. Aaron and NOW: Aaron happy with family while (below) after the two others horror crash were delivering pups on his 22nd birthday didn’t and he was given a suspendwhen they all fell asleep while ed sentence.” driving the company van through Aaron is currently locked in a Plymouth, veering off a motorway years-long legal battle against the insurance company, with a deciand colliding with a tree. His father explained: “His best sion on a multi-million euro payfriend Miguel was driving and out expected imminently. they wanted to imprison him for He added: “Aaron’s been through two years, but Aaron insisted they the ringer. I think the next step will be marriage but Aaron is waiting to see the outcome of the court case. “He had to go through years of treatment and specialists and the payout has been compiled by our lawyers into a valuation of around £7.8 million. “We’re not looking to make money, we just want to make sure that Aaron can afford treatment for the rest of his life, including a £7,000 wheelchair and prosthetic legs which are costly.”
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