At least five of the group, made up of seven Frenchmen and a Swiss national, are said to have taken turns forcing themselves on the intoxicated 18-year-old (Picture: Solarpix)
Eight men have been charged with gang-raping a British teenager at a hotel in Magaluf.
At least five of the group, made up of seven Frenchmen and a Swiss national, are said to have taken turns forcing themselves on the intoxicated 18-year-old while the others molested her at the BH Mallorca Resort hotel last August.
They egged each other on and filmed themselves carrying out the half-hour attack before posting clips to a ‘well-known social media network’, according to newspaper Diario de Mallorca.
Reports at the time of the alleged attack said three initially targeted the teen before one went into the corridor to encourage strangers returning from their own night out to have ‘free sex’ with her.
All eight suspects being held on remand in prison in Majorca or on the Spanish mainland and are expected to remain behind bars until their trial.
Five of the men have been charged with rape and three with sexual assault. Other charges laid include mistreatment and privacy crimes relating to the publication of the mobile phone videos.
The investigating judge found evidence pointing to one of the suspects filming 14 videos lasting 170 seconds, and another filming five videos lasting 142 seconds, according to Diario de Mallorca.
No date for the men’s trial has yet been set and it was not immediately clear this morning if prosecutors or lawyers acting for the victim have already said what prison sentences they are seeking for the men if they end up being convicted as charged.
Detained French rape suspects arriving at Court in Palma (Picture: Solarpix)
Six of the suspects, five Frenchmen and a Swiss national aged 18 to 26, were taken into custody in Majorca shortly after the alleged gang-rape (Picture: Solarpix)
Six of the suspects, five Frenchmen and a Swiss national aged 18 to 26, were taken into custody in Majorca shortly after the alleged gang-rape.
Another two were subsequently held in France on a European Arrest Warrant issued by a Spanish judge and extradited.
After the incident involving the British teenager, the BH Mallorca Resort said it was cooperating fully with the authorities and offered its support to the unnamed holidaymaker.
A spokesman said in a statement at the time: ‘The BH Mallorca Resort deeply regrets what has happened and would like to manifest its firm and forceful repudiation of the alleged sexual attack that occurred in the early hours of Monday August 14 at the hotel.
‘The hotel also wants to demonstrate its solidarity with the alleged victim of this aggression.
They allegedly egged each other on and filmed themselves carrying out the half-hour attack (Picture: Solarpix)
All eight suspects are being held on remand in prison in Majorca or on the Spanish mainland (Picture: Solarpix)
‘We are co-operating fully with the Civil Guard and its investigators in everything they consider to be necessary.
‘This hotel ratifies through this statement its commitment to the condemnation of all types of sexual attacks that affect peoples’ dignity and physical integrity.
‘Behaviour that undermines those rights has no place in this establishment.’
Police said in a statement after the last of the eight arrests: ‘The Civil Guard has closed the investigation sparked by the alleged gang rape that took place in a hotel in Magaluf in the early hours of August 14, 2023.
‘Officers saw early on the complexity of the investigation, as the alleged aggressors didn’t form part of the same group of friends but encouraged by other participants, had allegedly joined the group action in sporadic acts, meaning no type of relationship existed between them.’
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