Madrid
A SERIES of murders in-
volving Britons in Tenerife has cast a shadow over a Canary Islands
resort.
Dark-haired Carole Pringle, 33, from Saltburn, Cleveland, was taken
before a magistrate investigating the fatal stabbing of her Dutch
boyfriend, Ruben de Beer, 25, at the resort of Playa de las Americas on
the island's south coast.
Police said he died during a row at the apartment where the couple had
lived for the past few months. He was stabbed in the chest with a
kitchen knife.
Pringle's arrest brought the number of Britons detained in connection
with three violent deaths in the resort to eight.
Pringle, whose mother lives in Tyne and Wear, was employed in the
office of a timeshare company in the resort which is plagued by
violence, mostly caused by lager louts after heavy drinking sessions.
Today she joined another Briton, Jackie Ambler, 31, from Doncaster,
Yorkshire, in the same prison. Divorcee Mrs Ambler has been charged in
connection with the murder of her lover and business partner Michael
O'Hara, 39, from Wakefield, who was beaten to death in the bar they
owned in the resort in September.
Two other Britons, Stanley Stewart, 29, from Clackmannan, and Gary
Holmes, 28, from Littlehampton, west Sussex, both employed as disco
bouncers and timeshare touts, are also being held in connection with Mr
O'Hara's murder.
Four Britons employed as timeshare security guards are also awaiting
trial following the death of fellow guard Andy Winder, 38, from
Darlington, who was shot and stabbed in his Playa de las Americas
apartment two years ago.
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