British woman 'raped on Magaluf beach after man lured her away from bar'
The alleged attack took place on a beach near British holiday hotspot Magaluf.
Police on the Spanish island of Majorca have arrested a man accused of raping a British woman on a beach near Magaluf. The 20-year-old man from Italy was held on Sunday after the victim claimed a man she met on a night out in Palma Nova which borders the famous party resort, forced himself on her.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Majorca said: “The Civil Guard in Calvia has arrested an Italian man aged 20 as the suspect of a crime of sexual assault on the woman.
“Last week, the alleged victim and suspect coincided in a late-night bar in Palmanova.
“When the bar closed, the suspect allegedly took advantage of the woman’s state of disorientation because of the amount of alcohol she had drunk, to take her to the beach and rape her.
“Officers began an investigation and managed to identify and locate the alleged offender.”
Well-placed sources confirmed today the alleged rape had occurred in the early hours of April 11 but the arrest had not taken place until three days later after detectives took statements from a witness and viewed CCTV footage.
The unnamed Italian was released on bail by an investigating magistrate following a subsequent court appearance.
The criminal probe is ongoing and the judge is now awaiting the results of further tests.
Sources close to the investigation confirmed the British woman was on holiday in Majorca at the time of the alleged incident.
Police on the island confirmed last Tuesday they were investigating the alleged gang-rape of a Brazilian woman at a rented apartment in Playa de Palma east of the Majorcan capital.
Four Italian suspects aged 24 to 27 were held over the alleged sex attack and subsequently sent to jail on remand by a judge.
A British 18-year-old was allegedly gang-raped at a hotel in Magaluf in the early hours of August 14 last year. Five French nationals and a Swiss man were arrested and remanded in jail pending an ongoing judicial investigation and a further two suspects subsequently held in France on European Arrest Warrants.
It comes after it emerged yesterday Portuguese police had arrested a 47-year-old masseur accused of raping a 71-year-old British pensioner in the Algarve town of Quarteira.
