The Guardia Civil arrested a 40-year-old Almuñequero, who possess quite an impressive criminal record, for beating the crap out of a shop window with a concrete parasol stand – the police have discarded the possibility that as a good Samaritan he was attempting to mend it with the said implement.

The Green Meanies had been alerted by a passer-by along the San Cristóbal road to the presence of an individual who appeared to be trying to force the lock of a parked car. Perked with enthusiasm, a patrol shot round there to find the suspect… gone!

Undismayed, they staked out the general area, suspecting that the man might try something again…