“I was walking home at around 1am when a guy on an electric scooter started following me, I guess he was tracking me. Eventually he approached and stopped me, asking where I came from and if I wanted to buy any drugs. He told me he was from Senegal. I declined and carried on home down a side street. He then rode into me and snatched by iphone. I was wearing loose flannel trousers and the pockets were not very deep so I guess the phone was on show.
"However, I wasn’t hurt and managed to grab the mobile phone back and the guy rode away and I carried on home. I tried to call the police but didn’t get very far and I was flying home to Manchester later that day so I didn’t have time to go to the police station. That said, having managed to got my phone back which had my boarding pass etc. on it, I doubt they would have been that interested.
“But it was a bit of a shock to say the least having never seen any crime before in Palma. In the UK I live in Manchester and I know which streets to stay away from the early hours. Now in Palma, in the future I will remain in well lit areas and if I’m tracked again will just sit in a main square of something until the potential threat has passed and I would advise other people to do the same and keep their eyes peeled and their wits about them. Also make sure phones and other valuable items are not on show. Next time I’ll make sure I’m wearing trousers with deeper pockets,” he told the Bulletin. "I was lucky he didn't pull a knife on me..."
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tranq tranquerThanks for pointing that out. I wish my parents had purchased an encyclopedia when I was younger. True, but have you asked yourself as to who is turning up the heat ? And it’s not only the English who are wondering about what the future brings. But don’t worry. The EU will undoubtedly find a solution, no doubt requiring even more paperwork to be submitted to head office.
Richard PearsonNo I had not heard of that parable ( sic), but I have heard of the experiments on rats where given plenty of space they live happily together. The more they are forced together with less space, the more aggressive they become. Same with humans in cities . Tourists should not need to be taught to be careful in any city. Re the frog, to me that fits perfectly with the immigration situation in the UK at the moment. Slowly slowly the genes of the English built up over one thousand years are being overwhelmed.
Morgan Williams“sigh” Who said he did ? Did you read the entire article ?
How did the perpetrator know he's British? The usual telltale signs?
tranq tranquerYou obviously haven’t heard of the parabole of a frog in boiling water.
Zoltan TeglasSeeing you asked, how about Budapest and Warsaw ? I suppose one could also mention Reikiavik and pretty much most large cities in Switzerland. And before you accuse me of the dreaded R word, I will include Abu Dhabi in the list. Cheers
Nothing to say because its all been said below. I totally agree. A non story about what is nowadays normal life in a big city.
TCWith all due respect, the sad state of affairs is that if the victim had had have a knife on his person, he would have been in deep poo poo.
Sadiq Khan: London mayor says being prepared for terror attacks is “part and parcel' of living in a major city” Zoltan, please explain to us nonconformists. Also, please explain why the current insecurity and rise in crime in, this case Majorca, has been so pronounced over the past 20 years.
Why is this even a story - Palma is a city of over 400,000 people with all the usual problems of any European city. Please name one city of this size in Europe that doesn't have any crime.