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Is the turning point now? Cell phone photo is said to be proof of the innocence of German cone brothers

2022-07-12T13:32:32.520Z


Is the turning point now? Cell phone photo is said to be proof of the innocence of German cone brothers Created: 07/12/2022, 15:18 By: Martina Lippl The "Why Not Mallorca" bar burned down completely in May. © Clara Margais/dpa After the fire in a bar in Mallorca, eight German men have been in custody for weeks. A photo should now relieve the cone brothers. Palma de Mallorca – New evidence has


Is the turning point now?

Cell phone photo is said to be proof of the innocence of German cone brothers

Created: 07/12/2022, 15:18

By: Martina Lippl

The "Why Not Mallorca" bar burned down completely in May.

© Clara Margais/dpa

After the fire in a bar in Mallorca, eight German men have been in custody for weeks.

A photo should now relieve the cone brothers.

Palma de Mallorca – New evidence has emerged after the fire drama in Mallorca.

Is there now a turning point in the case of the German cone brothers?

A cell phone photo - which is said to have been taken shortly before the fire - could relieve the men.

It shows a man leaning over a railing and apparently holding a cigarette.

The man is therefore directly above the thatched roof that caught fire.

As the

Mallorca Zeitung

reports, a lawyer for the cone brothers presented the photo, which

MZ

says it has , to the investigating judge.

Mallorca: After a fire in the bar, eight cone brothers are still in custody

The lawyers have been trying for weeks to free the eight cone brothers who are still in prison.

The responsible investigating judge has dismissed applications for release on bail because of "maximum risk of absconding".

Arson is the accusation against the 13 German vacationers.

The Kegel troop is said to have caused a fire with cigarettes in the "Why not Mallorca" restaurant.

The fire broke out around 3pm on May 20 on a thatched roof of a bar on Calle Berga in s'Arenal de Llucmajor.

The Germans are said to have thrown red-hot butts and alcohol from a hotel balcony onto the roof of a bar at Ballermann.

A report by the Guardia Civil

puts a heavy burden on holidaymakers.

The young men deny setting the fire.

Of the 13 men arrested, 8 are still in prison.

Fire drama in Mallorca: Cell phone photo should be proof of the innocence of German cone brothers

The lawyer wants to use the mobile phone photo to prove his clients' innocence.

Because the man leaning over the balcony railing with his cigarette is not a member of the bowling group.

The photo shows two bowlers sitting on the balcony of the Whala!Beach hotel in El Arenal.

A man can be seen in the background on the neighboring balcony, leaning over the railing.

The photo is time-stamped “Friday, May 20, 2022, 2:49 p.m.” – shortly before the fire broke out.

Cone brothers innocent?

Shortly before the fire, someone was said to have been in the next room

According to the lawyers, the photo proves that someone was in room 1202 and on the balcony of the Whala! Beach hotel at the time.

An important point, as can be read in the

Mallorca Zeitung

: According to a police officer, there was no one in hotel room 1202 at the time.

The lawyers had previously disagreed.

Computer data from the hotel's room cards would prove that.

The door of the hotel room was opened by a person at 2:47 p.m.

It could also have been the guests of hotel room 1202 who caused the fire with a discarded cigarette butt.

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In addition, there are apparently other discrepancies about the fire.

A fire expert recently expressed doubts about the Spanish fire report.

Speaks of very thin evidence.

It remains to be seen whether the lawyers at the investigating judge will be successful this time.

In the meantime, the joint and several liability of 500,000 euros has also been credited to the relevant court account.

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Source: merkur

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