The case of the alleged robbery and push on the Madrid metro tracks is reminiscent of the title of that film, The man who was never there. As reported to this newspaper this Tuesday by spokespersons for the Higher Police Headquarters of Madrid and the suburban area, in the security cameras there is “no trace” of the events reported by the 27-year-old man, who claims that on Sunday Passing by, a group of people allegedly stole his watch and mobile phone and pushed him onto the train tracks at the Pueblo Nuevo metro station, in the Ciudad Lineal district of the capital.
Neither the subway operators who reviewed the images first, nor the police officers who saw them again as part of their investigative work, have found images in the cameras on the platforms and lobbies of this line 5 station that show a man who suffers a robbery at the hands of a group of people who then push him onto the tracks. What’s more, according to the Madrid Metro spokesperson, they have found images of the complainant at another station “on the same line”, in which he is also seen wandering around the platform “with apparent symptoms of drunkenness.” Nothing similar to what was reported happened at this station either. The man was on the subway at the time he says, but not at the station he claims and, in any case, what he claims occurred in none of them. “There are no images that support his testimony,” concludes Metro, which leaves the case in the hands of the police.
The man, a 27-year-old Argentine, reported the incident to the National Police on Sunday afternoon, hours after supposedly having suffered the theft of his belongings and the subsequent assault around seven in the morning. According to him, he was calmly looking at his cell phone when a group of people approached him, surrounded him, hit him and stole his phone and, incidentally, his watch.
After carrying out the robbery, that same group of people allegedly pushed him onto the subway tracks, but miraculously he was able to get on the platform before the next train passed. Always according to the alleged victim’s story, he suffered several injuries for which he was treated at a hospital, which issued an injury report that he presented when reporting the events. Quite an action movie. No witness called 091 to report the robbery and subsequent assault, the police add.
“The images have been verified and do not correspond to the reported facts,” corroborates the police, who add that the investigation “remains open.” If no evidence emerges, the man could face criminal consequences for having invented a robbery and assault. In the Penal Code there are two related cases, false reporting and simulation of a crime. In the first case, depending on whether it is considered serious, less serious or mild, the penalties range from six to 12 months in prison and a fine of between 12 and 24 months in the first case; fine of between 12 and 24 months, in the second; and a fine of three to six months, in the third. Simulating a crime is punishable by a fine of six months to 12 months in prison.
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