A British mother has been detained by police in Benidorm, Spain for having abandoned her nine-year-old twin sons for a night on the town.
The woman, whom police have not named, was reported to have given her sons some money to buy some chips. The woman then went to a bar.
On returning to the place where they were last together, the boys could not find her. They decided to split up to search for her.
One of the boys was taken to the local police station by a couple who were concerned to find him wandering around on his own.
The other boy was later found asleep in the doorway of their holiday apartment
A statement from police explained: “The search for their mother continued throughout the night until she was found at 8am the following morning sleeping peacefully inside her holiday flat.
“She claimed she had lost her children around 8pm the previous evening while she was out drinking and admitted she hadn’t gone looking for them or alerted police because she thought they knew the way home, despite it involving them crossing the whole of Benidorm on foot.”
Both children were placed in temporary care. The mother was obliged to appear in court for a private hearing on Friday. The result of the court hearing has not been made public.
