MEMBER of the Italian Mafia – who had been on the run for almost 10 years – has been arrested in Marbella after his ‘stupid’ girlfriend posted pictures of the couple on Facebook

.One of Italy’s most-wanted, Salvatore D’Avino, 39, was caught out after detectives spotted photos on the social networking site of his pregnant girlfriend Brada Hint, 31, standing in front of the upmarket Nikki Beach Club.Italian police alerted the Spanish authorities who then traced the couple to their Costa del Sol hideout and arrested D’Avino who is said to be a member of the Giuliano clan, of the notorious Camorra mafia in Naples.He was listed on the Italian police’s top 100 most wanted after police issued two arrest warrants for D’Avino in...

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MOTHER of two from Dundalk who was killed while on holiday is featured in a new book entitled ‘Slain Abroad’.

The book by Michael O’Toole, Crime correspondent for the Irish Daily Star - and co author Fiona Hynes, news reporter from the Irish Daily Star - recounts the tragic story of Kelly Anne Corcoran.Dermot McArdle from Heynestown is wanted by Spanish authorities to serve a two-year sentence for causing the death of his wife, Kelly-Anne, over ten years ago.She died from injuries sustained when she fell from a hotel balcony while on a family holiday in Marbella on the Costa del Sol on February 11, 2000.McArdle was handed a suspended two-year jail term...

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