13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:28
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HOLY FAIL: Trio arrested for nicking three chalices worth €1,500 and some jamon from Marbella church in Spain

Chalice Robbery

Chalice Robbery

THREE men have been arrested in Marbella for allegedly stealing a trio of valuable chalices and some jamon.

The chalices, worth €1,500, were stolen from a Marbella church on January 8.

Four jamon legs had also been stolen from a pop-up charity store attached to the church.

Policia Nacional took over the investigation when a priest noticed the holy drinking vessels were missing and reported the theft on January 10.

Officers quickly found the chalices in a second-hand shop, where the thieves hoped to sell them on for a profit.

The jamon was found in one of the suspect’s cars.

The accused are a 35-year-old Spanish man and two other men, of Spanish and Colombian origin.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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