Man ‘had his boss killed to save job’

SPANISH police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported yesterday.

The head of audiovisual services at the Barcelona International Convention Centre contracted a Colombian man who shot and killed the director of the convention centre on February 9, according to police.

The director had planned to lay off the arrested man as part of a restructuring project, police said.