The incident occurred on September 9. Around 10.30pm, the hotel reception contacted the Guardia Civil. Two guests in a room on the fourth floor were fighting. Officers found them in the corridor and separated them. They also discovered, as did the hotel night manager, that there were two broken doors, frames thrown on the floor, a broken lock, and blood on the walls.
The manager told them that they would be expelled from the hotel and charged 1,000 euros for the damage. One of the two phoned his mother to ask for a transfer of the money to be made. When the transfer wasn't made, they became agitated and claimed that the officers wanted the money for themselves. It was stressed that the money was for the damage. They responded by saying that they would rather go to jail than pay.
As there was still no evidence of a transfer having been made, they were indeed taken to jail. The officers had told them that they weren't going to be arrested. But as there was no payment, they were charged with criminal damage.
Some hours later they appeared in court. Their passports were withdrawn and then the transfer was made. The passports were returned and they left Mallorca.
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So much for zero tolerance in Magaluf. Minimum a night in the cells to cool off and contemplate what they've done and should receive a significant fine in addition to paying for all damages. Should also be banned from re-entering Spain.
The 1,000 euros sounds like it covers the damages, ok.....but where's the fine? where's the penalty? You can smash up a business but as long as you leave a few bucks on the ground everything is fine? For all the tough talk and rules being pushed in Magaluf this seems like a missed opportunity to send the right message about unacceptable behavior.
Shame on those that transferred the funds. Should have had a spell in jail to show them Mallorca is not a soft touch
And next year they'll be back...
And there are people on this site saying leave Magaluf alone its just youngsters having fun. Idiots.
Another day, another story of feral youths acting atrociously on the island. The fine and being kicked out of Mallorca are fitting punishments but why not also place a ban on them returning for say 5 or 10 years? The message needs to go out that intolerable behaviour has long consequences for the offenders.