Costa del Sol
Juan Antonio Roca tells the court he bribed Judge de Urquía
By h.b. - Jul 23, 2008 - 8:27 AM
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Speaking in court in Granada yesterday, the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor in Marbella Town Hall, Juan Antonio Roca, admitted paying 73,800 € to the ex judge in Instruction Court number two in the town, Francisco Javier de Urquía. Roca said he made the payment in exchange for favoured consideration, and that the money was handed over in two envelopes in a meeting in the Maras Asesores offices.
Roca said that the money corresponded to the first payment and interests for the purchase of a home which the judge had acquired through the mediation of a friend, the businessman Arnaud Fabrice Albouhair, who is also charged in the case, and that the house contract was also signed in the Maras offices. Roca said he had decided to tell the truth despite being advised not to by his lawyer.
The judge denied bribery and said Roca had made the ‘absolutely false’ claim as part of a possible agreement he had reached with the prosecutor.
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