British mother's horror as she finds man, 33, 'kissing and hugging' her four-year-old son in Magaluf hotel pool

Published: 07:45, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 07:51, 22 May 2026 A man has been arrested for kissing a four-year-old British boy in a Magaluf hotel swimming pool. The Romanian 33-year-old was detained after allegedly going up to the youngster and 'hugging and kissing' him on the face in front of stunned holidaymakers. The bizarre incident happened on Wednesday afternoon at an unnamed hotel in the Majorcan party resort. The boy’s horrified mother immediately challenged the man after seeing what was happening, prompting him to desist straight away, according to well-placed sources. Several witnesses who had been relaxing around the pool alerted hotel staff who called local police working for Calvia Town Hall which covers the Magaluf area. Officers took statements from them and the child’s parents before arresting the suspect on suspicion of sexual assault. He was escorted to court yesterday afternoon by two Civil Guard officers after a night in a police cell. The cops led him into the court building in the Majorcan capital Palma in handcuffs, in the same top, shorts and sandals he had been wearing when he was arrested. A man has been arrested for kissing a four-year-old British boy in a Magaluf hotel swimming pool It was not immediately clear today what had happened in court as the hearing was held behind closed-doors, and whether the investigating judge had decided to continue probing him and in the meantime release him on bail or remand him to a local prison. The British family are known to have returned home following the incident, although it is not clear whether they cut short their holiday or were scheduled to fly back to the UK on the date they did. Earlier this month police arrested a van driver who abducted a young British tourist on Palma’s iconic seafront promenade the Paseo Maritimo and sexually assaulted her. The suspect allegedly bundled her into his vehicle after spotting her walking back to her hotel from a nightspot in the Majorcan capital. Detectives say he got out of the van and grabbed her by the arm to force her into the passenger’s seat. He then sped off and sexually assaulted her as he drove along the road. The British woman, whose age has not been revealed, only managed to escape after the alleged sex offender had to stop at a red light and two people in a car following them who had witnessed the street abduction intervened. The witnesses managed to take a photograph of the suspect’s licence plate which was key to enabling police to locate the man and arrest him. The horror incident happened in the early hours of May 10. The age and nationality of the suspect, arrested a few hours after the incident, has not been revealed. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.