Friends fined 101 euros for 'playing Ludo and drinking water in the street'
Monday, September 15, 2014 @ 2:51 PM
A GROUP of twentysomethings has been fined for playing Ludo in a Málaga street at night – because the rolling of the dice was 'keeping the neighbours awake'.
The 101-euro sanction they have each been ordered to pay is also for 'drinking in the street' – although they were consuming Coca-Cola and fizzy pop rather than alcohol.
One of the group, Concha, 29, says they were all left incredulous when they were issued with three-figure fines just for playing a board game in the square.
They had started at around 23.00hrs, and the police came along at 02.00hrs saying they had received complaints of 'noise nuisance' caused by the dice rolling.
And Concha insists they were not even shouting or laughing, just talking quietly.
The group has been meeting in the same place for over 25 years – 'ever since we all started to walk' – and that it had never been a problem in the past.
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