Jailed groom is bailed just in time to marry childhood sweetheart after Brit stag do erupts into brawl on Majorca beach
A BRIT groom managed to tie the knot to his childhood sweetheart despite spending time in jail following a huge drunk-fuelled brawl in Majorca.
Construction boss Connor Lorimer, 29, was arrested alongside seven of his pals during his stag do after the celebration turned into a violent punch-up that left bar staff and cops injured.
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Shocking footage showed the stag party fighting with staff at the Balneario Illetas beach club, between Palma and Magaluf – just days before the wedding.
The group – including the groom and best man Joe Lafbery, 29- can be seen being hauled to court in handcuffs by armed cops.
But despite all the pre-wedding drama the groom was eventually able to tie the knot with Lauren, 29 under the Majorcan sun – after forking out £850 to leave custody on bail.
The couple’s nuptials took place at the luxury Es Riquers Hotel and included a jazz saxophonist as well as personalised cocktail bottles with their names.
It is a far cry from the messy stag do, where the group of eight, Connor, Joe and his brother Finlay, 22, Samuel Yeomans, 29, John Squires, 29, George Cook, 30, and Callum Dudrenec, 28, ended up getting arrested.
Bar staff revealed that things escalated after the stag party had spent a whopping £1,300 on booze.
A staff member told the Brits off for their chaotic behaviour when they began throwing rubbish and cans of beer into the sea, disturbing other customers.
They were later released after paying £850 each (€1,000) while their friends celebrated at the INNside Melia Palma Bosque.
The bride joined DJ Angel Rod in a duet, even though she admitted she was “mortified” by the drama, MailOnline reports.
However, the boozy group face the possibility of returning to Majorca for a criminal trial if prosecutors decide to charge them.
A spokeswoman for the Palma courthouse told MailOnline: “The court granted bail for eight (British) men who were detained under a bond for possible civil damage caused. No date was set for them to return. This is a criminal case.”
The pair who had gotten married in St Albans, in April posed for pictures alongside their young son.
Sharing the photos on her social media, Lauren wrote: “Legal but not official, to be continued June 2024.”
The celebration in Majorca – dubbed Wedding Part 2- by guests
‘LIKE A BATTLE’
Waiter Nacho, who got injured in the violent scuffle, said the group had an “aggressive” response to the warning and soon found himself repeatedly punched and caught in a headlock by one of the Brits.
Revealing the group had apparently been drinking since 10am, the Spaniard described the fight as “like a battle”.
He told MailOnline: “The fight started with that, the trash, because they were throwing trash into the sea, and our colleagues had gone in for a dip because they finish their work, and they tell them to stop.
“Then they [the British men] start to laugh about him and insult him and some things like that.
“Finally they, the group, start to hit him. Then more colleagues go to the beach to try to stop and then they [the British group] start to hit everybody.
“I try to stop the fight, in as far as I can, it was quite difficult.
“There was the big man in the shorts he starts to hit me, you can see in the video.
“He was hitting in my head, in the back of my neck.”
Nacho added he was left with a nasty bruise on his shoulder after he was suddenly grabbed from behind.
The married dad-of-two said: “All the time they don’t want to stop…it was like a battle.
“I have to say in 25 years in working in restaurants in Costa del Sol and here in Majorca I’ve never seen a situation like that.”
Another waiter who was punched unconscious told cops in his statement one of the group of tourists told him “I’m going to kill you” as he went to aid a colleague in the fight.
He was then was hit in the head from behind by a second man thought to be the same one that assaulted his co-worker.
He was taken to hospital for treatment and tests but is not thought to have suffered any lasting damage.
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Anti-tourist measures sweeping hotspots
A WAVE of anti-tourist measures are being implemented across Europe to curb mass tourism in popular holiday hotspots.
Overcrowding has become the main problem in many sunny destinations, with authorities trying to find a solution to keep tourists and locals happy.
Officials have attempted to reduce the impact of holidaymakers by implementing additional taxes on tourists, or banning new hotels.
Earlier this year Venice became the first city in the world to charge an entry fee for holidaymakers after it started charging day-trippers €5 (£4.30) if visiting the historical Italian centre.
It was followed by an area in Barcelona which resorted to removing a well-used bus route from Apple and Google Maps to stop crowds of tourists from using the bus.
Meanwhile, San Sebastián in the north of Spain, limited the maximum number of people on guided visits to 25 to avoid congestion, noise, nuisance and overcrowding.
The city has already banned the construction of new hotels.
The Spanish government has allowed restaurants to charge customers more for sitting in the shade in Andalucia.
Benidorm has introduced time restrictions, as swimming in the sea between midnight and 7am could cost a whopping £1,000.
The Canary Islands are also considering adopting measures to regulate the number of visitors – and charge tourists a daily tax.
Greece has already enforced a tourist tax during the high season (from March to October) with visitors expected to pay from €1 (£0.86) to €4 (£3.45) per night, depending on the booked accommodation.
Officials in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia want to introduce a fee for travellers to remind people to be courteous during their trips.
