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The suspicion of a group rape by German vacationers on a German overshadows the parties on the mile in Mallorca. New details become known.
Update from July 15, 10:43 p.m.: After a possible gang rape in Mallorca, the decision on an arrest warrant against six vacationers from Germany is apparently still pending. The six young men were actually supposed to be brought before the magistrate on Saturday (July 15), who would have to decide on their future fate. The current debate is whether the suspects should be remanded in custody or whether they can be released on bail.
According to information from Spanish media, the judge postponed the hearing because he wanted to study the documents on the case more closely. It is still unknown when the hearing is to take place; however, under Spanish law, a suspect may be detained for a maximum of 72 hours without a court order.
After the allegation of gang rape in Mallorca, the suspects should actually be brought before the magistrate on Saturday (July 15). The six men were brought to the court in Palma de Mallorca, but the hearing was indefinitely. © Carlos Herrera/dpa
Accusation of gang rape: Do the six Germans have many years in prison?
Update from July 15, 3:50 p.m.: Actually, the six vacationers from Germany who are suspected of gang rape should already be brought before the magistrate. According to several media reports, the hearing was scheduled for Saturday noon (July 15), but has now been delayed until the afternoon or early evening. The reason for this is unknown.
The six young men were taken to the court in Palma de Mallorca in handcuffs in the morning after being taken into custody on Thursday (July 13). The magistrate should decide whether the suspects can be remanded in custody or released on bail.
According to the Spanish media, investigators secured a cell phone video of the alleged crime, the content of which is now being checked. If convicted, the men could face several years in prison; in Spain, rape is punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
Two of the six suspects accused of gang rape will be brought before the Palma de Mallorca court on Saturday morning (July 15). © Clara Margais/dpa
Gang rape allegation: Same magistrate who sent cone brothers into custody in 2022
Updated July 15 at 1:42 p.m: On Saturday morning, the six men accused of gang rape were brought before the magistrate. As a RTLreporter, the men had football shirts pulled over their heads when they arrived at the courthouse. Apparently not to be recognized.
In addition, a pair of parents of one of the suspects should have been present, visibly dissolved. The presiding judge is said to be Antoni Rotger – the same Judge, who held the cone brothers in custody for weeks last year let sit.
Alleged gang rape in Mallorca: Video of the fact surfaced?
Update from July 14, 7:17 p.m.: A group of young adults from Germany are accused of raping an 18-year-old girl who was also from Germany. Now a video of the alleged act is said to have appeared.
Like the Spanish news platform Last minute reported that one of the six young men filmed the probably non-consensual group sex with his mobile phone. The officials on site had therefore secured the mobile phone with the video and were currently analyzing the content.
“Sexual attack”: Six Mallorca vacationers arrested
Update from July 14, 3:19 p.m.: The Spanish police said on Friday that the tourists were being investigated for an alleged “sexual assault”. They are said to have molested a young woman from Germany in a hotel in Palma.
The charge of “sexual assault” covers a wide range of offenses under Spanish law, from online assault to rape. The six Germans – all between 20 and 29 years old – were questioned on Friday, according to the police. They are scheduled to appear before a judge on Saturday.
The police forensics come to a hotel where a sexual assault is said to have taken place. As the police on the Mediterranean island announced on Friday, the victim was a German vacationer. According to the police, the act is said to have occurred in the room of a hotel on Ballermann in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. © Photo: Ingo Wohlfeil/dpa
Update from July 14, 2:30 p.m.: All six suspects were brought by the police to the hotel on Friday, where the crime is said to have occurred, as confirmed by a dpa photographer on site. On Saturday, the five Germans and one Turk who was born in Germany were to be brought before a magistrate. If he orders pre-trial detention, the six Mallorca vacationers could stay in prison for weeks. Initially, the police spoke of six Germans.
Group rape in Mallorca: sixth German in custody – his statement paints a different picture
Update from July 14, 1 p.m.: New statements from the police cast a slightly different picture of the events. As the police announced on Friday, the course of events was somewhat different than initially portrayed in the Spanish media. The sixth German who was last arrested met a German on Thursday night in the party stronghold at Ballermann. Both would have had consensual sex in the hotel room before the man’s friends suddenly came into the room.
Later, five German friends of the man were added, some of whom are said to have raped the woman, the others would have watched passively, said a police spokesman. The woman was finally able to escape from the room and, with the help of the hotel receptionist, alerted the police. It was initially unclear whether the man whom the woman initially met was present at the alleged rape.
A suspect is taken by police to a hotel where a sexual assault is said to have taken place. This was announced by the police on the Mediterranean island on Friday. The victim is therefore a German vacationer. According to the police, the act is said to have occurred in the room of a hotel on Ballermann in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. © Ingo Wohlfeil/dpa
Last minute had previously reported that the man may have brought the woman to the hotel where his friends were already waiting in the room. The incident at Ballermann occurred media Zufolge im Hotel Occidental Playa de Palma, das sich in der Avinguda de Fra Joan Llabrés befindet.
In the meantime, the forensics team of the National Police has arrived. At 12.40 p.m., two suspects, accompanied by the police, were brought to the hotel to inspect the crime scene, reports the Mallorca Zeitung.
Sixth vacationer caught – police report arrest after gang rape in Mallorca
Update from July 14, 12:20 p.m.: The sixth person who has fled in connection with the alleged gang rape in Mallorca has been arrested. This is reported by the Spanish newspaper Last minute. The police are now also analyzing the hotel’s surveillance cameras to find further clues to the incident. They reconstruct the act at the current hour in the hotel room.
The arrested Germans are referred to by the media as a “pack”. According to information from the judicial branch, the sixth suspect is the one who first had sexual relations with the 20-year-old woman. The Department of Family and Women’s Care of the National Police (UFAM) has meanwhile been tasked with the investigation.
The alleged victim was also on holiday in Mallorca with a group of friends. On Wednesday evening they decided to go to the beach and have a drink. There the woman met one of the men who are now in prison. She accompanied him to a hotel where other friends of his were already waiting. Some members of this group are accused of raping the 20-year-old woman there.
Alleged gang rape in Mallorca: was there a perfidious plan behind it? Five Germans in custody
First report from July 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.: Palma de Mallorca – The Spanish national police arrested five German tourists on Thursday morning at Playa de Palma in Mallorca. That reports that Mallorca Magazine citing the police. They are accused of gang rape. The men are said to be around 20 years old, as is the alleged victim, who is also believed to be from Germany.
According to initial information from Spain, it could have been the perfidious plan of a 20-year-old. After he had met the woman and both had become closer, he is said to have suggested going to the hotel room of his accommodation on Joan Llabrés Street. The information from Last minute – the sister newspaper of the Mallorca Magazine – according to the woman believed to come alone with the man in his room. Sea picture newspaper the 20-year-old thought so too.
But then came the nasty surprise. She faced four other men. The 20-year-old then wanted to leave, but was prevented from doing so. According to the report from Spain, some of the men then raped the woman, while others watched until the woman ran screaming out of the room.
Gang rape in Mallorca: suspect is still wanted
An employee at the hotel reception then called the police. National Police officers arrested the men at 3:40 a.m. and confiscated their cell phones. The woman was taken to the Son Llàtzer clinic, and a sixth suspect is still being sought. A possible pre-trial detention is now being examined by the magistrate on Saturday in Palma. The suspects argue loudly Bild allegations that the sexual acts were consensual.
Only in the summer of 2022 were two Germans arrested at Ballermann because they are said to have raped a woman. After a gang rape in 2019, there were even demonstrations on the island. This summer, German Mallorca tourists have already hit the headlines, because they were being chased through the streets by security.
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