British parents arrested for leaving son, 17, behind in Mallorca hotel
Friday, September 4, 2015 @ 7:04 PM
A BRITISH couple who left their 17-year-old son behind in their Mallorca hotel when he refused to return home with them have been arrested at the airport.
The family was due to catch a coach at 09.00hrs on Tuesday this week back to Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Mallorca to fly home to the UK, but their eldest son refused to go with them.
They told him he could stay put and 'sort himself out', and left without him.
He did not have any further booking at the hotel in Alcúdia, to the north of the island.
His parents were arrested the same day at the airport and their son handed over to the authorities to be taken into care until they were released.
A court in Inca has sentenced them to a year in jail, but as this is a first offence and the custodial term is less than two years, they will not have to serve it.
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