Daniel Hastelow

The two British men arrested for the murder of a countryman in the Mallorca resort of Magaluf on Sunday appeared in court on Tuesday and have been remanded to custody by the judge. It’s understood they are both from Merseyside, and they’ve been named by the Liverpool Daily Post as Richard Roberts, aged 35, and Anthony Griffiths, 22. The paper gives the victim’s name as Daniel Hastelow.
The Diario de Mallorca reports this morning that the suspects could face a possible 20 years in prison for breaking and entering and murder. They are to be tried by jury.
26 year old Daniel Hastelow was stabbed as he was sleeping in his apartment in Magaluf in the early hours of Sunday. The Mallorca newspaper reports that Mr Roberts declined to declare in court on Tuesday, but admitted to the Civil Guard on Monday that it was he who stabbed Mr Hastelow who, according to the UK newspaper, was stabbed three times as he lay sleeping after a night out to celebrate his 26th birthday. They said he suffered wounds to his liver and a lung.
Mr Roberts reportedly told the Civil Guard that he had had a number of arguments with the victim in the past, and had been threatened by him on each occasion. He said Mr Griffiths had no part in the crime, who himself said the two were in the apartment looking for another man who lived there and they thought Mr Hastelow would still be out. He said neither of them went there with the intention of killing him.
The two suspects were arrested at Palma Airport as they were trying to buy tickets to the UK.