A British holidaymaker has been arrested on the island of Majorca after leaving her seven-year-old son alone in their hotel room to go partying.
Several residents at the Hotel Canarios Park alerted staff, who found the boy crying, saying he had woken up to find no-one there.
Police were called and the 25-year-old woman was arrested after she returned to the hotel at breakfast.
It is understood she was given a suspended sentence by a Spanish court and her child is being looked after by social services.
A police spokesman told reporters: “A 25-year-old female British tourist was held on suspicion of abandoning her child early on Monday after leaving her seven-year-old boy alone in their hotel room.
“Several guests at the hotel in Calas de Mallorca alerted receptionists a boy was crying and was alone in the hotel.
“Police arrived to find the youngster was in a very nervous state and was indeed alone.
“The boy told police he was on holiday with his mum in Majorca and that he had woken up alone in their hotel room.
“He also said it wasn’t the first time he had been left alone.”
Source: travelmole.com
