12 October 2024 , 09:08
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A 55-year-old British man was targeted in two separate muggings just minutes apart after leaving a bar in Palma, Mallorca.
The tourist, who has remained anonymous, was withdrawing cash from a machine close to the popular La Bodeguita Del Medio cocktail bar when a lone thief approached and stole his iPhone, worth another £800.
As the man reeled from the shock of the mugging, another two men approached and targeted the tourist in a second mugging, snatching his diamond Rolex President Day-Date watch from his wrist.
The Brit valued his watch at roughly £150,000, although Spanish authorities later priced the stolen Rolex at just over £100,000.
Senegalese migrant Mbengue Alla, 31, has appeared in court accused of stealing the victim’s phone and was handed a three-month suspended sentence for the theft.
Amine Benserai, 34, and Hicham Ziroki, 33, both Alergian, were also apprehended by police and stood trial in a Palma court accused of the violent watch robbery which saw the victim thrown to the floor.
Both men were found guilty and have been sentenced to two years in prison.
Another man, Mbaye Modou Anna, to who the two men sold the Rolex for just £5,000, received a six-month suspended sentence for receiving stolen goods.