Banderas in demolition row

Even the rich and famous are not exempt from the illegal building row, as Malaga's famous film star son, Antonio Banderas has found out.
Banderas who bought his beach front home in Marbella eleven years ago was issued with a demolition order, affecting a 300sq metre wing of the property, in 2003.

His lawyers failed to get the order overturned and Banderas has now been told he has eight weeks to demolish the offending wing.

The star was told that the original permission for the "extension" to the property was illegal and that it had been built on land designated for public use.

Neighbours of Banderas have argued that he is the victim of corrupt town hall officials who allowed the property to be built on illegally reclassified land for backhanders.
The wing was built by a previous owner.