The Naples mayor, a Welsh MP andthe saga ofa Rolex mugging.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | September 14, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: By RHODRI CLARK AND GARETH MORGAN Western Mail

A war of words between a Welsh MP and the Mayor of Naples, which is being dubbed the 'Rolex Row', escalated last night. Clwyd West Tory MP David Jones, 54, hit out at Italian authorities for their handling of street crime and said comments made by the Mayor of Naples - the Italian city where he and his wife were mugged - were 'pathetic'.

Mr Jones, a lawyer, and his nurse wife Sara, 49, had two Rolex timepieces torn from their wrists as they walked along a busy street while on holiday.

Neither ...

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