Mallorca bar manager arrested after British tourist raped as cops hunt two others – world news

Police have arrested a bar manager in Mallorca on suspicion of raping a teenage British tourist.

Investigators allegedly hunted down two other men described as his friends who allegedly witnessed the sexual assault and “did nothing to prevent it.”

The holidaymaker raised the alarm after returning to her hotel in the early hours of Friday morning. She told police she was doused with alcohol in a bar in S’illot, a small tourist town on Mallorca’s southeast coast, before being taken to a storage room when she became dizzy and was “offered sex.” .

Local newspaper Ultima Hora said she claimed she was followed after she managed to open the storage room door and leave the unnamed bar – and was raped by the manager after she went to a secluded spot nearby had been brought. The two men, described as friends, are said to have observed the alleged sexual assault but did not stop it.

The man who was taken into custody and has denied any wrongdoing is Spanish, as are the two friends whom police are trying to locate. He is expected to appear in court today. The British teenager has been asked to confirm her police statement before the same judge who will question him before deciding whether he should be released on bail or remanded in custody.

The ongoing investigation is being led by the Civil Guard, which is awaiting the results of DNA tests and collecting footage from surveillance cameras in the area. She also talks to locals to see if they have seen any witnesses who could help them. The police have not yet released a statement on the investigation.

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