Father loses visitation rights over bull run

A SPANISH judge has revoked the parental visitation rights of a man who took his 10-year-old son running with the bulls in Pamplona.

Spanish television last week captured images of the boy smiling as he ran ahead of a charging bulls with his father, Luis Miguel Gomez.

The images angered Pamplona city officials — and the man’s ex-wife.

According to city regulations, runners must be 18.

The television channel interviewed the child, and photographs of him and his father were published in several newspapers.

When Mr Gomez’s ex-wife saw them, she went to the police.

A judge in the town of Fuenlabrada, southeast of Madrid, revoked the father’s visitation rights. Judge Adolfo Carretero said Mr Gomez put “the little boy’s life in danger”.

Last week, Pamplona city officials fined the father €150. Mr Gomez told them he wanted to run with his son in other Spanish bull runs.

The San Fermin festival in Pamplona, renowned for its all-night street parties, dates to 1591.

Lawrence and Michael Lenahan, brothers from Ohio, were gored simultaneously last week in an accident-filled run that also injured 11 others. Since records began in 1924, 13 people have been killed in the runs.