Around 2pm on March 29, two individuals approached a man on the Avenida Gabriel Roca in Puerto Andratx. They asked him for change for a parking meter. As he looked for some change, his Rolex, worth around 20,000 euros, was snatched from him.
In investigating the theft, the Guardia Civil established that the pair matched the description of two men who had stolen a luxury watch in Paguera some days earlier and who had been arrested by Calvia Police.
Further investigation linked the two to thefts of a similar nature in Andratx and Calvia last year.
On Thursday, they appeared in court in Palma. The judge released them.
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Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyThe word has been out there for some time, unfortunately.
"The judge released them." Of course he did. He'll regard this as a low level crime, no one hurt, no one under threat. But it's much bigger than that. In some parts of the island it's no longer safe to walk around on your own with any item of value. That's what it has come to. Just like central London in fact. Can't the Judiciary see that they have to nip these watch and jewellery bandits in the bud before the word gets out that the island is no longer safe for tourists (which would have major consequences for many).
BeachcomberNah, always the same in Mallorca, found guilty and released. Makes you wonder what prisons are for doesn't it.
How comes they were released and were they foreign nationals or illegals or irregular? There must be more to this story surely?