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..La Manga 3 facing 12 years? (05/03/03)


As the nightmare continues and three of the players are thrown in clink for the weekend, what facts do we know?

Firstly, three of the players - Keith Gillespie, Paul Dickov and Frank Sinclair - have been remanded in custody by an investigating judge, Pilar Perez Martin.

They will go before a more senior judge on Monday. If they're innocent they cold be on the next flight home. If they are charged and brought to trial they could be held in a Spanish jail...and the trial could take anything up to year or 18 months!

They appear to have been accused with sexual aggression, which could be rape or attempted rape. This carries a jail sentence of between one and twelve years in Spain.

Three others - Matt Elliott, Lilian Nalis and James Scowcroft - have been released.

Scowcroft has been ordered to pay 20,000 euros bail (£13,422) and to attend a Spanish consulate twice a month.

Two other players, Nikos Dabizas and Danny Coyne, were "provisionally released" following a hearing yesterday and were driven away in the back of an estate car, hiding beneath coats from the media scrum gathered outside the court.

A ninth player, Steffen Freund, who had also been arrested in relation to the allegations, had earlier been released from the court without charge.

So what do we know happened?

It appears that Staff at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, where the incident is alleged to have taken place, told police that the players had been arguing among themselves and with other guests.

They are then alleged to have forced their way into the room of 3 women. Originally named as German, where they were flying to, it appears that they were of African descent, 2 from Malawi and one from Kenya.

The women claim that they have a bracelet from one of the players that was snatched at the time of the assault.

It appears that the girld didn't report the alleged attack until 2 days later. They produced the bracelet and blood stained underwear for the police, and a hopital looked at their injuries.

The players protest their innocence and say they did nothing wrong.

Tim Davies says everyone is "shocked", Micky is said to be "devastated" and Paul Mace says the club will try and get the lads home as quickly as possible. The club is backing the players.

So what else are people saying?

Rumours are circulating in Leicester that the players had gone to get the bracelet back, which the women had stolen in the bar earlier.

The Sun has a classic claim from the family in the next room that they heard the players breaking in and the girls screaming etc. So we can presume they'll all be arrested for failing to help the vitims too will they? Never believe anything you read in the press kids.

And spare a thought for the likes of MA, Macey and Tim Davies who probably aint sleeping and eating and having to sort this mess out. Chin up lads, Foxes Never Quit.

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