British teenager 'raped in Magaluf hotel room by six tourists'
Six tourists have been arrested after a British teenage girl was allegedly raped inside her hotel room in Magaluf.
A team of Civil Guard specialists are leading the ongoing probe into the alleged sex attack. A spokesman for the force said this morning: "I can confirm we are investigating an alleged gang-rape at a hotel in Magaluf.
"We were alerted by the hotel in the early hours of Monday morning after the alleged victim raised the alarm. One set of officers took her to hospital so she could be examined by a doctor and another team of officers set about trying to locate the alleged aggressors.
"They were arrested over the following hours. The investigation is ongoing and involves a team of officers specialising in probing alleged sex crimes in Magaluf. Five of the men arrested are French and the sixth suspect is a Swiss national. They are all in their twenties."
The group went back with the girl to the hotel after meeting her at a party in the early hours of Monday, it is reported. They are alleged to have recorded the assault on their phones, a source close to the investigation told Ultima Hora.
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The six suspects have since all been remanded into custody after appearing in court in the Majorcan capital Palma yesterday. One of them held his head down and stared at the ground as he was led in by a Civil Guard officer while wearing handcuffs.
A well-placed insider confirmed the girl had given a statement after alerting police to a judge in court in a hearing held behind closed doors. The insider said: “All six men have been remanded in custody by a judge.
"They are currently in prison in Majorca and will remain there for the foreseeable future pending any successful attempts by a defence lawyer to secure their release on bail. The decision to remand them in custody would not have been taken lightly.
"It doesn’t prove the men did what the alleged victim is claiming they did but it indicates officials have good reason to believe a sexual assault has taken place. The woman who alleges she was gang-raped ratified what she told the police in a court statement."
Unconfirmed local reports say grip marks were found on the British teenager’s arms during the hospital examination by a medic.
As part of their enquiries, investigators examined CCTV images and carried out an inspection of the hotel room.
The hotel has not been named to safeguard the identity of the British holidaymaker. It is not known if the men held over the alleged sex attack were staying at the same hotel as the teenage woman or were in a different establishment.
It was not immediately clear this morning whether they had agreed to be quizzed by an investigating judge and state prosecutor at yesterday’s hearing and what they had told police ahead of their court appearance. Officials confirmed they were all remanded in custody by the duty judge.
A criminal investigation which is expected to take at least several months is ongoing.
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