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GRIEF POURS OUT OVER BOY’S DEATH T
HE death of a ten-year-old Irish boy in a hitand-run accident in Costa Adeje on March 29th left all those who knew him and those who didn’t heartbroken. The outpouring of grief and support for the parents of the victim, Carter Carson who was on a family holiday was so profound that thousands of pounds was raised in just a few hours to help with the funeral costs. A family friend launched the 3,000 pound appeal on Justgiving.com but even as at Monday morning, it had already surpassed the 8,000 pound mark. Carter was knocked down by a car near the Gran Sur shopping centre where he and his parents had been in the early evening. The red car sped off without stopping and
led to a full-scale manhunt by the police who asked over the social networks and press for the public’s help and that is exactly what happened. Dozens of calls were received. An off-duty police officer found the car abandoned in Adeje old town. Police traced the original owner who confirmed he had sold it a year before. Two suspects were later arrested at their home on suspicion of being involved in Carter’s death. Both are Latvians. The driver faces prison for a crime against traffic safety, homicide due to
negligence and failure to comply with the duty of assistance. The man who was with him at the time faces the latter charge. Messages of sympathy for the bereaved family flooded
in, both from official sources and people both here in the Canaries and back home. Comments on Justgiving.com included “I don’t know Carter or his family personally but this has just really hit home
to me. My two boys play football and their club has shared this. Sleep with the angels little man” and even from Canada, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Carter’s family.”
Adeje council posted a Facebook message expressing extreme sadness but thanking the security forces for their swift action. The police also thanked the public for their cooperation.
for tourist municipalities.” CEST says street vendors are putting unacceptable pressure on people to buy items, often stopping them in the street, shouting at them and even waking sunbathers up on the beaches. “The lack of control and the low quality of the services that are provided, without legal or sanitary guarantees of any kind, are discrediting the south of the island as a quality destination,” CEST claims. The organisation says complaints are growing at such a rate that they cannot be ignored and that the current “inadequate attention” has to be rectified.
“CEST regrets that legally established businessmen suffer from a disloyal competition, giving the paradox, according to many traders, that only those who carr y out their activity legally are the ones being controlled,” their state-
ment continues. The organisation says police resources must be increased and there should be more checks on people’s documents and licences. Addresses should also be taken so fines can be sent out.
CEST says various incidents could lead to public disorder so the creation of a specialised tourist police force would be the way forward for monitoring and supervision.
South Tenerife needs tourist police! C
ALLS are being made for a new team of “tourist police” amid claims that “illegal activities” are increasing in the south of Tenerife and denting its image. The Circle of Entrepreneurs and Professionals of the South of Tenerife (CEST) says the authorities must take action over problems which are affecting not only businesses but workers, residents and tourists. The organisation wants regulatory changes so that officers with the autonomous police become tourist police. CEST claims measures being taken at the moment to control such things as illegal street sales are not working. They describe the escalation
as “an avalanche”. “Numerous businessmen have warned that these activities have grown at the same rate as the population and the arrival of tourists,” says the group in an official statement. “For CEST, the sale of counterfeits, fraud in the hiring of holiday homes or administrative infractions as, among many others, the sale of fruits, braids or unauthorised massages on beaches and other spaces constitute an increasingly serious problem