It has been confirmed that the German tourists who brutally beat up a 70-year-old taxi driver outside an agrotourism establishment in Petra on Tuesday were police officers from Essen.
Tourists who beat up a taxi driver in Mallorca were German police officers
They left Mallorca on Wednesday
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Chris GYep!
None of this adds up. Bit like that lad on Tenerife and the police immediately dismissing the Air BnB guys as nothing to do with it. It so far all smacks of police corruption and the datkest of criminality. Lets see if there is a clearer update to follow, but how they can let these guys just walk away makes a complete mockery of justice.
Williams, you’re fluent, or should be, in Spanish aren’t you ? If you took a few moments to peruse the Spanish press, you would know the reason why the four “gentlemen” took it upon themselves to beat the living daylights out of this poor man and why the lady judge I believe, sent them on their way back to the motherland. I get the impression that you are more upset about the fact that it occurred in your part of the world, and not in Magaluf, than about any injuries caused to this Majorcan fellow. I’ll leave the investigative work up to you.
I find this totally confusing. This is the second occasion that men who allegedly have committed a crime, are set free. I agree with Charles DC further investigation has to be a priority.
This is really strange and if the facts are all as presented in this article, it is quite outrageous. Is there one law for police officers and one for everybody else??
It is beholden upon the German police to send them straight back to face justice. Looking at the picture of the driver in hospital and assuming he did not self harm how can anyone justify these three animals remaining as law enforcement officers.
There's some data missing here. It's not at all clear what actually happened. I wouldn't rule anything out, but it seems rather implausible that police officers who risk very serious repercussions for engaging in random violence against innocent civilians, but more importantly, the judge inexplicably let these perpetrators go? Why? There is a suggestion that these perpetrators weren't perpetrators at all.. But that evidence isn't provided, nor any evidence that they were the actual perpetrators in the first place. What did the judge find out in the process that would compel him to make that decision? Was there more to this story? (certainly, it seems). Was the judge forced somehow? Or was he provided some strong evidence that this isn't what it seems? Either way, it smells funny. Something's missing.
Where is the justice being served here? The taxi driver must be distraught to add to his woes. I hope MDB investigates this case further. Mallorca cannot be seen to be such an easy place to commit grievous bodily harm.
And the British are a problem?