I am currently being dealt with by the corrupt Spanish Courts of Granada after being set-up by my ex partner, and feel that other male Brits need to warned about the system that has been put into place by the Expat women of Baza.

As soon as you start to mix with the women who run the English bars in the Baza area your female partner will be taken to one side and taught how to use the legal system to her advantage. I know, I sat and listened many months before this happened to me. This is far more serious and sinister than it first sounds. You see, the Spanish legal system is supposedly set up to protect women from violence, instead the people in power (and the women in Baza) use the law to ensure that women are able to make false accusations and walk away with everything that you own. You need to make sure that your money and your property is in your name only if you are to stand any chance of hanging on to it. You may think this is an exaggeration and an over reaction, but believe me, it is not.

I was far too trusting and fair to believe that anyone would ever set me up just to take the material things I had. I did nothing, not even defend myself, only to realize too late that I was being beaten and shouted at in an effort to make me fight back, so that I could then be proved to have been violent. I refused to retaliate and thought that would be enough. Not even close. Without any proof at all my ex has done exactly what she was instructed to do by the women of Baza, and has walked with everything. She is now doing all she can to get me imprisoned, so she can dispose of the property while I am out of the way, and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

I went to the High Court in Granada last Thursday (10/12/09) and was refused permission to have the Police in Court. I wrongly believed that the Police ? being neutral, would relate their version of events and the injuries they witnessed, which would prove the lies. Instead, I was told in no uncertain terms that this was not going to be allowed. I left the Court convinced that my defence solicitor had made a prior agreement with the Judge, as nobody could be that bad at their job and still be employed. He was nothing more than a spectator for the whole of the trial. He even came to me before the trial and told me that the Judge had already decided that I was guilty and was prepared to offer me a reduced sentence of 6 months in prison if I agreed and pleaded guilty. I was left in no doubt that any attempt at defence would leave me with a ?Far More Severe Sentence?. As I refused to plead guilty to something I had not done I am now waiting to hear the severity of my sentence and my ex is happy in the knowledge that I will soon be unable to interfere with her plans.

So before you trust any women in the Baza area or the Legal system of Spain make sure that your rectum is not only covered, it is watertight.

I am interested in anyone who has had a similar experience or who can help me with addresses and the complaints procedure against the Spanish legal system and the corrupt Courts. If you can contribute, or need support please get in touch.

That sounds terrible, but it would be an awful accusation to make if it were not true. Do you have any links or evidence available for us to check out?

Also, can you just leave the country?

I have just had an Email informing me of someone else who went through the same, he left the country to avoid prison, he also lost everything. This is not an unusual event here, one Spaniard was released recently after serving 2 years even though he was innocent. He went straight round to his ex’s and killed her. I am trying to collect names and information in a bid to get the problem highlighted. It is unlikely to get a change in the law, even though the Spanish,including the Guardia hate it as it stands. But someone has to start the ball rolling as they say. I just hope I am free long enough to make a difference.

I also need some help with the complaints system

Burnt in baza,
actually that happens around the world.
the problem is the law is very feminist.
agression against the female partner is considered felony while agression against the male partner is a simple misdemeanor.
do you have an interpreter?
demand one, if there is no interpreter the proceedings are postponed, this may give you time.
although it is a little too late since you say you are up for sentence but anyway, just try.
after sentencing you have 5 days to appeal. if your lawyer fails to appeal, sue him.
sue wife or partner for agression as well. 
back it up by medical reports. witnesses.
i know a case just like this, i used to work as a court interpreter so i have some experience on this matter.
get a good lawyer.

Many thanks aritz, I wish I’d known this earlier, it’s too late for me, But it might help others.

A very intelligent Spaniard posted this article on another site, as I am unable to post the link here I have copied and corrected (as much as I am able) the translation and post it for your information and discussion…..

To check the Law of Violence of Genre, question of justice

A JUDGE from Seville has dared to break the taboo about the gender violence when denouncing the unidirectionality of the law, only focused to pursue the bad treatments of the men over even of some of the most elementary juridical guarantees.

The magistrate Francisco Serrano has years gathering information that demonstrates the unequal treatment to the gender violence, that if a woman presents an accusation the judge almost always dictates precautionary measures in an immediate way, that never happens when the one affected is a male.

Thousands of men have been detained in these last years by women’s accusations, but there is not a case in which the accusers (women) have been processed by false accusations, although, like the judge from Barcelona Mar?a Sanahuja declared, there is knowledge that many women they invent those bad treatments to improve the conditions of the divorce.

Serrano has studied the gender violence especially in Andalucia. It points out that, according to data of the Office, in this community 9.800 procedures were filed by bad treatments in 2008, of which have been filed more than 90% or have ended up in acquittal.

It is ignored that, on the contrary this year the domestic violence has caused the death of 30 men, but this last datum is not registered in the official statistics, like the judge Serrano affirms in a report that today publishes our supplement Chr?nicle.

The casuistry puts in evidence the existence of a double face. The Law of Violence of Gender, approved in December of 2004, is an example of inequality. If somebody took the nuisance of dedicating ten minutes to see the article of the norm, they could see that the gender violence is only bounded to the wrong treatment of the men against the women.

So says the preamble and numerous articles of the law. When it speaks of preventive measures, of support and of social reintegration it is only considered possible beneficiaries to the women. According to the legislator, there are not men that suffer aggressions or they don’t deserve this help.

As it is known, this norm also establishes a series of penal punishments that are much more serious if the abusers are men than if they are women, in clear violation of the principle of equality before the law.

Suffice, like we said, an accusation of a woman so that the Justice acts, many times under the presumption that the man is guilty. There are hardly cases, counted with the fingers of the hand, of women that have been condemned for attacking their husbands.

It is certain that women are victims of bad treatments with more frequency than the men, but there are also men wrongly convicted that have had to suffer a personal attack. There is the case of Miguel ?ngel Torres who has suffered hell for six years until it has been demonstrated that he was falsely accused by their wife of abusing their daughter. Torres lost his work, he suffers chronic depression and he is being treated today of a cancer.

Many men have suffered the stigma caused by being accused of being abusers and then they have been acquitted, after suffering an irreparable moral damage. It is a silent reality, but this does not make it less serious.

Even if some things that this judge says are exaggerated or are influenced by his feelings, the rationality indicates that it is necessary to revise the Law of Violence of Gender. First, establishing the equality of the hardships, with independence of the aggressor’s sex. In second place, avoiding the man’s discrimination when obtaining protection of the authorities. It is an injustice, no matter how much the official propaganda determines to criminalize the men without recognizing that the women can also be abusers.

That the PSOE voted in favor of this law is not strange, keeping in mind Zapatero’s superficial feminism, but what we don’t understand is that the PP seconded this at the cost of its most elementary principles.

I am a victim of a false accusation made against me and I am absolutely distraught about the impact of this.

My 4 year old daughter was returned to me Nov 2008 in Spain after being abducted by her mother in July under the Hague Convention.. She was born in England but we moved to Spain when she was 8 weeks old

This year my wife has making visits to Spain and staying with her parents for contact and when she has been here, given much hostility towards me and then reporting to her lawyer false allegations of threats and insinuations.. I believe they have all been engineered to influence a custody case. I was aware that she was taking that line of action so I ensured that I always had a witness with me when handing over my daughter for contact with her mother.

At the beginning of November, she took things to a new level and falsely accused me of hitting her during one of the drop offs. Even with witnesses with me, the procedure in Spain is to arrest first and ask questions later. I have NEVER been in trouble with the police or had any reports of threatening behaviour but because of Spain?s procedure of arresting first and question later in a zero tolerance domestic violence policy, I was taken to a cell overnight. It was awful. This was all due to the fact that my daughter did not want to go to her. My wife went hysterical about this.

I just cannot believe that she would stoop to that level. I warned my lawyer months ago to do something about these false allegations! 18 times in fact!! My wife even turned up in court with a bruise on her head apparently! I would NEVER raise a hand to any girl and cannot believe what has happened

As a result of this false accusation, i have just received notification of a conviction (EVEN WITH A WITNESS) which obviously my lawyer has appealed and also, my wife’s lawyers took this opportunity to apply for interim custody. Her lawyers will not even inform my lawyers where she is living in the UK so I have not been able to even contact my daughter since the beginning of November.

I also might even lose my career (of 13 years) if these charges stand! I really am distraught. She could have totally ruined my whole life through this!

when picking up kids need to be in public place ie with CCTV . the Camra dosent lie

jurdy

I thought that a witness would be enough. I tried to arrange a children’s centre or her school but she wouldn’t agree.. Now I know why!

BIB.. I am so sorry to hear of your situation.
I was a witness at the trial of my landlord who had been attacked by his live in girlfriend and he would not use physical violence to defend himself and took a beating as he thought it would be better…
Sadly the weight has gone far to the protection of the woman - and he was locked up!

I am a feminist and an anti violence believer…and also belive there has to be fairness in any judicial process.

Sadly, it really has gone too far in one direction as you describe.

I wish the local femenist/womens associations (as every town seems to have one), would work with men/mens organizations to ensure that the system is just and fair.

Fight it if you can (get as many witnesses as possible/find out as much as you can about your ex/s back ground - i.e has she done anything like this before).

I am sorry to say that the legal system here sucks (in every area it would seem) and there is little we can do. We are victims.. unless we try to right a wrong.  But that is easier than said.

I hope you get some support and do not have to face prison or having to leave Spain to avoid a corrupt system.

sincerely,
susan

sell your story to the Daily Mail (spanish edition) ?

Try one of the several agents who handle ‘real life stories’
Name and shame and get a few bucks if you can…

Can anyone up date this story? What was the outcome?

These were really great information given by you, well according to my point of view, I think that the corruption of the Spain legal system is well-known, but also well-hidden, by the news services of Spain corporate-owned media.