Dead Brit tourist was ‘on carjacking spree’
A BRITISH tourist has been found dead just hours after going on a booze-fuelled “carjacking spree”.
The barefoot body of dad-oftwo Kevin Daffurn, 30, was found on wasteland in Los Cristianos, in the south of Tenerife, on Friday evening.
Police say a few hours earlier, he had jumped into the driving seat of a Mitsubishi car after a man left his key in the ignition. A woman in the passenger seat was hurt leaping from the car as Daffurn drove off from San Eugenio shopping centre.
The carjacker then crashed on the main TF-1 motorway.
He tried to steal another car and a motorbike stuck in the traffic jam caused by his crash.
Stunned holidaymakers saw him jump over the central reservation and flee on foot.
A police source said: “The events were crazy. It was like something out of a film.” Local media said he had been carrying shopping bags when he tried to steal the second car.
Daffurn, from Shotts, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and two British friends had arrived to stay in Playa de Las Americas just the day before.
One of the group posted a picture of a bottle of Jagermeister and cans of Red Bull energy drink on social media soon after they checked in.
The caption read: “One hour in, half the bottle gone... roll on the night party time for next five days.”
A friend back in Shotts responded, saying: “Have a great time, please come back in one piece the lot of u.”
Daffurn’s body was found on the wasteland by two tourists.
The Guardia Civil said last night it was still investigating the cause of death. Daffurn’s friends will be interviewed.
The injured woman was treated for cuts in hospital.