Another hold-up took place – or better said, ‘didn’t take place’ – on the 10th of April, as reported by the supposed victim. This 34-year-old man claimed before the Guardia Civil that he had been mugged at knifepoint and had 2,000 euros stolen from him, together with a watch worth 25,000 euros.
However, our green friends up at the police post checked the CCTV footage from a camera at the public parking where M.S.C. claims that he was attacked. They just happened to notice that upon close inspection, the ‘victim’ was still wearing his watch and had not been relieved of it.
M.S.C., who has a police record and who had recently taken out an insurance policy for the newly acquired watch, was subsequently charged with faking a robbery