Three UK tourists allegedly drugged and gang-raped an 18-year-old British girl at a hotel in Spain, the third recent case of sexual assault against young women in a resort town on the island of Mallorca.
The three suspects looked down and covered themselves as they were photographed on Saturday being escorted by police to a court in the capital Palma, The Sun reported.
Police arrested the men, believed to be in their early 20s, at Palma Son Sant Joan airport on Friday afternoon as they tried to board a flight to Manchester, England.
“The Civil Guard has arrested three young people as alleged perpetrators of a crime of sexual assault on a woman in a hotel in Calvià,” a spokesman for the agency said in a statement.
The incident occurred in Magaluf, which is part of the municipality of Calvià in Mallorca.
Two of the suspects were being investigated on suspicion of raping the woman and the third on suspicion of doing nothing to prevent the alleged sexual assault, authorities said.
“This morning a central response unit received an alert about a possible sexual assault from a hotel in the municipality,” the police representative said, according to the news outlet.
Three UK tourists allegedly drugged and gang-raped an 18-year-old British woman in Mallorca.SOLARPIX.COM/J.Bastida
“A police patrol went to the hotel and spoke to a young tourist who told them she had been raped early this morning by men she had met the night before,” the spokesman continued.
“He also said that he had undergone chemical submission, since he felt completely ill, possibly due to the consumption of some type of drug. He said he did not know the identity of the alleged attackers, only the nickname that one of them used on a social network, ”he said.
The spokesman said the suspects left their hotel and planned to take a flight back to the UK, but were stopped at the airport minutes before boarding.
Six men have been arrested for the alleged gang rape of another British tourist in Magaluf.SOLARPIX.COM-G.Esteban
French rape suspects arrested arrive at the Palma court.SOLARPIX.COM-G.Esteban
Police escort a suspected sexual assault to court.SOLARPIX.COM-G.Esteban
There have been at least three recent cases of sexual assaults on young women in Mallorca.SOLARPIX.COM-G.Esteban
Earlier this month, five French tourists and a Swiss national were arrested on suspicion of gang-raping another British woman at the same hotel, where staff reported they discovered her crying in despair.
The alleged victim told authorities that she met the men on August 14, went to the hotel room of one of the suspects, and was subsequently sexually assaulted by all six.
A judge found video clips of the alleged rape on at least one suspect’s phone, authorities said.
In July, six Germans were arrested for another alleged gang rape.ZUMAPRESS.com
The alleged rapists were being held at a local jail pending investigation and were not immediately charged.
In mid-July, six young German men were arrested for allegedly gang-raping an 18-year-old German tourist at a hotel in Mallorca’s Playa de Palma, known for its Mediterranean beaches, wineries and nightlife, making it one of the best. European tourist destination.
The teen was eventually able to flee and alerted the hotel receptionist, who called authorities.
Another British tourist was also arrested in May at Palma airport on suspicion of raping his son’s friend and allegedly trying to flee the country.
The suspects in all cases have not been identified. Gang rape can carry penalties of up to 15 years in prison under Spanish law.
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