A Spanish girl who allegedly sabotaged a high-end vineyard, earlier this yr, by opening the faucets so 60,000 litres of vino price over GBP 2 million was left sloshing round on the ground has been arrested.
The footage allegedly reveals the suspect, who was not named however who had lately been fired, operating as much as one of many large wine vats and opening it, inflicting litres of the dear booze to splash out onto the ground.
The CCTV photos had been filmed on the Cepa 21 vineyard, owned by Jose Moro and positioned in Castrillo de Duero, in Valladolid, Spain, at round 3:30 am on Sunday morning, 18th February.
Native media reported that the assault left 60,000 litres of wine price over EUR 2.5 million on the ground after three vats in whole had been opened.
The second two had been empty however the first one was not, with 20,000 litres of wine from the Horcajo model misplaced, which was reportedly all of this yr’s manufacturing, and 40,000 litres of Malabrigo model wine misplaced, representing a couple of third of this yr’s manufacturing.
Moro filed a criticism with the Civil Guard over the matter, who arrested the lady who had been fired two days earlier than. The corporate mentioned she had been employed on a short-term, one-year contract.
A police spokesman mentioned: “From the very starting, we labored with the speculation that the perpetrator of the crime was an worker who knew the amenities completely and was aware of the equipment and the wine manufacturing course of.”
Though nothing was stolen, the monetary hit is important for Moro, who mentioned that the one that carried out the assault knew what they had been doing and knew methods to function a wine vat.
A trial in opposition to the lady will happen at a courtroom in Valladolid, within the province of Burgos, northern Spain.
