Two Brits 'kick and punch taxi driver unconscious in horrific Magaluf attack'

01 May 2023 , 20:51

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The attack in Magaluf was caught on camera (Image: CEN)

Two Brit tourists who are accused of brutally attacking a taxi driver in Magaluf are facing the possibility of jail and a fine of more than £10,000.

Gabriel Fabian Callero, 57, was allegedly punched in the face and then kicked repeatedly as he lay on the ground in the vicious assault in Majorca, Spain.

The Prosecutor's Office is now demanding that each of the accused be jailed for two years and that they pay their victim €11,624 in compensation.

The incident is said to have begun when one of the suspects jumped on the moving cab's bonnet early on August 23 last year.

After the driver stopped the car and got out to inspect the bonnet and ask what they were doing, the pair allegedly attacked him.

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The alleged attackers were seen walking away (CEN)

The taxi driver was left lying on the ground (CEN)

Mr Callero told Spanish TV channel Cuatro at the time that he got out of the taxi when one of the Brits jumped on the bonnet.

"I am very dizzy, they gave me a lot of punches and blows to the head," he alleged, saying that he did not remember all of the attack afterwards.

"I was going slowly and without passengers. One of them jumped and threw themselves onto the bonnet. I put the brakes on and got out to look at the bonnet then I looked around and asked what they were doing.

"They said it was a joke, they hit me, I wanted to defend myself but they hit me again and I fell."

He also claimed that another taxi driver came to his aid and sprayed pepper gas to stop the attack.

Following the incident, the suspects are said to have fled the scene but were arrested by the Civil Guard hours later.

Gabriel Fabian Callero claimed that one of the attackers jumped onto the bonnet of his car (CEN)

Local media reported that one of them, aged 21 at the time, was caught with blood on his hands and clothes, as seen in footage of the incident.

He and the other suspect, aged 22 at the time, were hauled before court the next day and released on bail, after which they returned to the UK.

The victim suffered a slash on his forehead and another on the back of his head, as well as bruises all over his body, in the attack.

He was taken unconscious to a hospital in Palma de Mallorca and remained off work for two months.

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The suspects' names were not mentioned in reports.

Tim Hanlon