Man remanded in custody for stealing money from Alcudia's church

On October 8, the parish deacon reported a theft from the church. The person had climbed a three-metre wall and had forced his way in through access via an interior courtyard. The coins were taken from collection boxes.

Investigations established that he had gone to a bar and a petrol station and tried to exchange the coins, which were in a plastic bag, for notes. He was recognised when witnesses were shown photos of potential suspects; he has a long criminal record. Officers later found out that he had told a relative that he had broken into the church.

With no fixed abode, he was eventually intercepted on October 23 at a bar that he was known to frequent on the Avda. Princeps d'Espanya. Three days later, a court in Inca ordered him to prison; he had a suspended sentence.

His lawyer has appealed against the prison order and asked that he instead goes to a Projecte Home facility, this being a charity that was set up to help men with addictions.