A remarkable re-encounter

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Carjacked couple spot criminals on holiday 1,200 miles away

A Belgian couple on holiday in Spain spotted the armed criminals who had carjacked them at gunpoint a month previously in Liege, 1,200 miles away.

The unnamed pair saw Luc Jadoul, 47, and his girlfriend Gaëlle Deloge, 20, on a beach in Alicante.

Mr Jadoul and Miss Deloge had threatened the couple with a gun and hijacked their Nissan SUV while making a dramatic escape from a Belgian courthouse just four weeks before.

The crime victims were amazed to see Jadoul and Deloge sunning themselves on the Torrevieja beach last weekend.

Incredibly, the stolen car was also parked nearby, just yards from where the carjackers were sunbathing.

Keeping their heads and showing a “sangfroid” praised by the police, the holidaymakers let down the tyres on the car and called the authorities, who made an “easy” arrest.

A firearm was recovered from the stolen vehicle.

Both are being held in Madrid before their extradition back to Belgium.

Jadoul was the subject of an international arrest warrant. Before becoming a fugitive, he was in prison and has multiple convictions for prostitution of a minor aged 13, violence and pimping.

“No one – certainly not the criminals – could have expected an ending like this,” said a police source. “There must be more chance of winning the lottery.”

Source: Daily Telegraph

Vocabulary:

to carjack

to spot sb/sth:

What's the one word that fits every sentence?

1. a spot (to have a picnic) = a place (sitio)
2. to spot (a mistake) = to see or notice sb or sth (descubrir, notar, divisar)
3. a spot of rain = small quantity (una gota de lluvia) https://t.co/1zhwOCtyQ4 pic.twitter.com/imrCOqpx4j

— English in Madrid (@madteacher72) December 27, 2020

at gunpoint:

to threaten:

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— English in Madrid (@madteacher72) December 7, 2021

to hijack:

a courthouse:

to sun yourself:

nearby:

Researchers say they have discovered the first nearby “super-Earth” planet that could possibly support life. https://t.co/dR1GsMGtdn

— VOA Learning English (@VOALearnEnglish) August 5, 2019

a yard (measurement):

to keep your head:

to praise: 

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— BBC Learning English (@bbcle) December 31, 2018

holidaymaker:

to let down (a tyre):

a tyre:

Spain tyre dump fire sends up 'toxic cloud' https://t.co/6YxG9DiAT3

— English in Madrid (@madteacher72) May 13, 2016

arrest (n,v):

Tattoo artists in South Korea will continue to risk arrest if they violate a long-standing ban on their work. Last week, the highest court in the country ruled in support of the restriction. https://t.co/LCyuicVq0k

— VOA Learning English (@VOALearnEnglish) April 4, 2022

to hold sb:

a warrant:

pimp (v,n):

source (n):

#WOTD SOURCE (n) - where stg comes from or starts at, or the cause of stg (fuente)
e.g. Oranges are a good SOURCE of vitamin C.
e.g. We've found the SOURCE of the trouble.
e.g. Money is often a SOURCE of tension.
e.g. We climbed to the SOURCE of the river in the hills. pic.twitter.com/9uXpHFo0FF

— English in Madrid (@madteacher72) September 15, 2020

chance (n):

Do you know of any other chance meetings?