A British expat’s pub has been vandalised just weeks after suffering a break in which saw charity tins stolen and machinery damaged.
The Rose and Thistle in La Duquesa, Manilva, was targeted on Saturday when a rock was thrown through one of its windows.
Owner Simon Dearing told the Spanish Eye that he has little faith in the police ‘doing anything’, after a previous break-in in late March has yet to see any arrests.
He told this paper: ‘The alarm went off but unfortunately the cameras didn’t catch anything. Now it sounds like vandalism. I can’t say any more at the moment.’
Simon said he believes he knows who was behind the incident, but could only confirm that they were not Spanish or Moroccan.
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Announcing the incident on Facebook on Saturday, the Rose and Thistle pub told its 5,000 followers: ‘Another attempted break in, this time the alarms did the job but unfortunately we didn’t catch the t**t who smashed it on camera.
‘A pointless ask, but if anyone has any info please pass it on. Guardia Civil has been and gone, again pointless.
‘Anyone with a bar tab, please square it up this week so I can pay for this latest mess… I pretty much give up now.’
It comes after a thieves broke into the Rose and Thistle on March 22.
The thugs broke the same window and stole a series of charity tins and attempted to force open the betting machine.
The incidents followed a series of similar break-ins in the Manilva area.
Several people were arrested over the crime spree in mid-March but were released on bail just 24 hours before the Rose and Thistle was first targeted.
