Madrid

A SERIES of murders in-

volving Britons in Tenerife has cast a shadow over a Canary Islands

resort.

Dark-haired Carole Pringle, 33, from Saltburn, Cleveland, was taken

before a magistrate investigating the fatal stabbing of her Dutch

boyfriend, Ruben de Beer, 25, at the resort of Playa de las Americas on

the island's south coast.

Police said he died during a row at the apartment where the couple had

lived for the past few months. He was stabbed in the chest with a

kitchen knife.

Pringle's arrest brought the number of Britons detained in connection

with three violent deaths in the resort to eight.

Pringle, whose mother lives in Tyne and Wear, was employed in the

office of a timeshare company in the resort which is plagued by

violence, mostly caused by lager louts after heavy drinking sessions.

Today she joined another Briton, Jackie Ambler, 31, from Doncaster,

Yorkshire, in the same prison. Divorcee Mrs Ambler has been charged in

connection with the murder of her lover and business partner Michael

O'Hara, 39, from Wakefield, who was beaten to death in the bar they

owned in the resort in September.

Two other Britons, Stanley Stewart, 29, from Clackmannan, and Gary

Holmes, 28, from Littlehampton, west Sussex, both employed as disco

bouncers and timeshare touts, are also being held in connection with Mr

O'Hara's murder.

Four Britons employed as timeshare security guards are also awaiting

trial following the death of fellow guard Andy Winder, 38, from

Darlington, who was shot and stabbed in his Playa de las Americas

apartment two years ago.