POLICE UNABLE TO MONITOR UK SEX OFFENDERS IN SPAIN

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil has said that his force is unable to monitor many of the sex offenders who are arriving in the country from the UK. He said that an average year will see approximately one hundred offenders land in Spain and despite the details being passed through Interpol much of it is unable to be used.

A great majority of the offenders head for the Costa’s and despite reinforcements regularly being deployed during the summer months there are still not enough policemen to follow up all the leads. “There is a high risk of re-offending with many of the abusers” he said, “but we just don’t have enough staff and resources to cope. It averages about one a week throughout the year but during the tourist season we receive a request almost daily”.

Spanish authorities said that sometimes the offenders change their name and remain in areas which are heavily populated with tourists and ex-pats.

One of the most notorious offenders to relocate is Tony King. After serving 10 years for sex attacks in London during the 1980s, he changed his name and moved to the Costa del Sol.
He then became known as the Costa Killer and is currently serving a 62 year sentence in Malaga for murdering two Spanish teenagers and attempting to rape another.