A 20-year-old Spanish man was arrested by the National Police in Palma on Wednesday, suspected of having committed a dozen robberies from homes and hotels.
Tourist citizen's arrest of Palma 'spiderman' hotel thief
Suspected of a dozen robberies
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Richard PearsonRichard, you're stretching pretty thin now. Aren't you concerned about hurting yourself? Well, ok, you've already done plenty of damage to yourself, so it probably doesn't matter. But it's amusing to watch, so thanks for that. With regard to women and "liberals", yep, it's always "them" innit? If not, then they gotta be "foreigners" (they're all commies anyway). Good job you're not one of "them". And... we already know what your nationality is. It's hardly concealed.
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyIn Wales
A serial burglar. I'm against silly labels such as Spiderman as these tend to soften the profile of what is, in this case, a serious criminal stealing valuable items from innocent people. The loss of a wallet with cards and identification papers is a huge blow to any holidaymaker and will ruin their stay. Hopefully the judicial system will despatch him for a lengthy period to prison.
Marvin Le MartianI mean, just imagine for arguments sake that the police had referred to him as being “English”, in other words meaning British, when in actual fact he had been a Welsh Spider-Man. As the old saying goes, the devil is in the detail.
Marvin Le MartianA lot of citizens have Spanish ID’s through either being naturalized or by being born in Spain but with non Spanish parents. Same as in the U.K. . As to whether one would classify them as Spanish is obviously a personal opinion. As a foreigner, it would not be right to tell you which mine is.
They know their job alright, especially the Guardia Civil. It’s just that 9 times out of 10, the criminals they catch are immeadiately freed by liberal judges, many of them women. Same thing happens in the USA. And have you seen the Just Stop Oil protests in the U.K.?. I’m surprised the word Punish hasn’t been deleted from the dictionary.
Richard PearsonHow do you qualify a statement that says unequivocally that he’s Spanish?
Do the police here know their job? It seems to me that they wait until the crim almost literally falls into their “arrest”. It’s so like they can’t be arsed, it’s embarrassing.
Although the term “Spanish” has been used by the local authorities, I think, and in respect for the local population, that it should be qualified.