IRISH PAIR HELD IN JAIL OVER DEATH IN TENERIFE

0 Comments | Daily Mirror, The; London (UK), May 4, 2010 | by KARL McLAUGHLIN

A TEENAGE lad was in prison in Tenerife last night accused of killing a popular ferry worker on the island.

Keith Burke, 19, and 21-year-old Sara Stuart appeared in court over the weekend after Abraham Baez was stabbed and beaten to death with a rock in front of his girlfriend.

Police sources said a petty row sparked the violent attack – Mr Baez and his partner opened a car door on to a footpath and were confronted for not looking out for pedestrians.

Burke and Stuart were arrested on the Canary Island on Friday in connection with the death and were yesterday remanded in custody. The Dubliners appeared before a judge at the weekend after being held in police cells for two days following their arrest in Playa de Las Americas, a resort popular with Irish and British tourists.

Both have been charged with killing 25-year-old Mr Baez, an employee of a Canarian ferry company, during a row near the tropical Playa Hotel just before 6am on Friday
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