A couple who left their two year old daughter inside a locked car with the windows closed for more than three hours while they played bingo, have each been sentenced to serve twelve months in jail by a judge in Palma. The incident occurred outside the Rosales Bingo Hall on Palma's calle Manacor on November 3rd 2006.

In their defence, the couple argued that they had been taking it in turns to pop out to spend time with the child, claiming that the longest period she had been left unattended had been five minutes though this version of events was not supported by the statements of the bingo hall staff.

The child was discovered at around 1.30am in the morning by a pair of patrolling National Police officers.