21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09
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Car ‘oozing blood from its boot’ sparks police panic in Spain – but all is not as it seems

Police rushed to the scene of a car that appeared to have blood oozing from its boot in the early hours of this morning. 

Policia Local in Alcudia, Mallorca, had received a frantic telephone call from a resident who feared a dead or wounded person was bleeding out in the trunk of a parked black Peugeot. 

A picture shared by the force shows a sticky red substance dripping down the back of the vehicle and onto the pavement below. 

However officers were pleased to discover that it was not, in fact, the scene of a horrific murder.

A picture shared by the force shows a sticky red substance dripping down the back of the vehicle and onto the pavement below (Credit: Policia Local Alcudia)

It quickly transpired that a vandal had thrown raspberry jam at the car. 

The police said in a Facebook post: ‘On our way to the scene, many things were going through our heads… in the end , we all breathed a sigh of relief.’

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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