Suspect is still in Spanish jail
A Shropshire man is to remain in a Spanish prison until a date is set for a hearing following an alleged hit-and-run accident. A Shropshire man is to remain in a Spanish prison until a date is set for a hearing following an alleged hit-and-run accident. David Antony Jones, 40, from Shrewsbury, is accused of failing to stop after allegedly driving through a red light in Estepona, near Gibraltar, knocking down five people including two babies and a two-year-old. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "I can confirm a British national was arrested after a car accident in Spain on Sunday, June 15. "We are in contact with next of kin and are providing appropriate consular assistance." Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
A Shropshire man will stay in a Spanish prison until the authorities set a date for a court appearance after an alleged hit-and -run accident.David Antony Jones, 40, from Shrewsbury, is accused of failing to stop after driving through a red light in the resort town of Estepona on the Costa del Sol and knocking down five people including two babies and a toddler.
A spokesman for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "I can confirm a British national was arrested after a car accident in Spain on June 15.
"We are providing the appropriate consulate assistance.
"He is currently being detained in prison. It will be up to the authorities when the next court date is."
Mr Jones was alleged to have driven on after the accident in which two women and the children were hit.
The children were aged five months, 13 months and two years.
One of them was trapped in the wreckage of a pushchair. All five were taken to hospital.
Police later found the car parked a few streets away.
The owner was arrested when he later went to collect the vehicle.
Jones was remanded to prison at Malaga, the capital of the southern Spanish holiday coast, after a closed door hearing before an investigating judge this week.