Just recently there was a break-in at Santa MarÃa church (pictured)
. Thieves fled with adornment jewels which, according to town historian Manuel Perez Regordán, are worth millions of euros.
So how did it happen? Shortly after the robbery took place, people on the street told me it must have been an inside job, given that the jewels (used to decorate one of the many statues the church houses) were kept under lock and key. What’s more, there was an alarm, I was informed.
So the thinking was that somebody in the know must have disabled the alarm and had access to the key.
But now I’m hearing a different story. It seems that the door to the jewels may have been left open. As for the alarm, well there was none.
Regordán, meanwhile, is acting as sleuth. He appears to have a certain connection with - and fondness for - the jewels, and recent editions of the local newspaper have devoted double page spreads to Regordán’s musings on their value and history.
The plot is thickening. Regordán is apparently on the verge of denouncing Santa MarÃa’s priest for neglect, which is bound to stir up a hornet’s nest.
I can’t wait to see how this one pans out.