A BRITISH couple who allegedly abandoned their children to go partying in Costa del Sol have been banned from seeing their kids for two years.
The youngsters, aged four, one and six months, reportedly tested positive for cocaine when they found alone by police in Benalmadena.
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The children were found in Holiday World resort Credit: Solarpix
The three children were found at the Holiday World Resort before being taken to a Malaga hospital for special care.
Local media reports said the youngest child had tested positive for cocaine.
Spanish police confirmed on Thursday a British man aged 41 and a woman aged 28 had been arrested.
But they did not comment on the cocaine allegations.
Today it emerged the unnamed tourists had accepted prison sentences of nearly a year and a half – both of which were suspended.
They have also been banned from seeing their kids for two years.
A spokesman for Andalucia’s High Court of Justice said: “Court No. 3 of the Investigating Division of the Court of First Instance of Torremolinos today sentenced two British parents arrested for abandoning their three children to one year and four months in prison for committing the offense of abandonment.
“The sentence was delivered as part of a plea bargain deal after the pair admitted their crime.”
They added: “In addition, the ruling also establishes that they are disqualified for two years and eight months from exercising parental authority, and for a period of two years they will be prohibited from going within 500 meters of the children.
“Thanks to the agreement of all parties, the court has suspended the parents’ imprisonment on the condition that they do not commit any offenses within a period of two years.”
The three small children are being looked after by social services in Andalusia.
Local authorities are set to work with the British consulate to return the youngsters home.
The two British parents are understood to have spent a night in a cell before being hauled to court.
The family had been staying at Holiday World Resort, a massive complex made up of three hotels and a collection of premium apartments totalling more than 850 rooms.
It began operating under the Affiliated by Melia brand recently.
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