British Millionaire Shot 3 Times By Model Ex-Girlfriend Was ‘Unlawfully Killed’

A British millionaire businessman who was shot dead by his ex-girlfriend in his home on the Costa del Sol was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

Andrew Bush, 48, was shot once in the arm and twice in the head by Slovakian model Mayka Kukucova, 29, at his home in Estepona area of Malaga in April 2014.

In 2016, Kukucova was jailed for more than 15 years after being found guilty of Bush’s murder by a Spanish court. She had her sentence reduced to 13 years upon appeal. 

At Kukucova’s trial in 2016, the court heard how she had become “obsessed” with Bush, known as the Mr Bling of Marbella, after their split in November. She was said to have begun stalking him and, from April 2, 2014 – three days prior to his death – had been in his house in Malaga, Spain, without his consent.

Avon Coroner’s Court resumed the inquest into Bush’s death, because his family had repatriated his body to the UK earlier this year from Spain, where he had been interred shortly after his death.

No members of Bush’s family attended the inquest as Assistant Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing summarised evidence from Spanish legal documents which had been translated into English.