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Two British tourists are on trial after allegedly raping an English woman in a hotel in Benidorm, Spain, back in November 2023.
The men have been in custody since their arrest 20 months ago despite being granted bail of €5,000 each.
They chose to go to jail because they could not afford to pay for their accommodation or other expenses and were forced to stay in Spain due to being deemed a flight danger.
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You can also find out more about the following: Informacion Newspapers have reported that prosecutors are seeking eight-year prison sentences for both men, whereas the defence has claimed that all sex between the two was consensual.
The woman told me she went to the room where she met one of the men at a bar.
He then saw a friend of his and she was abused by him.
The Alicante trial saw a video recording of the British female giving her statement before a Benidorm judge which was admitted as ‘pre-constituted’ evidence.
She was very clear in her complaint, stating that she did NOT want to be sexually intimate with one of defendants.
The defence said that there wasn’t a shred evidence to support her story. They claimed that she filed her complaint to explain to family members why she had slept with strangers on the evening in question.
The police added that the woman left without showing any signs that something inappropriate had happened and that there was no evidence that she had been drunk or that her drink had been spiked.
The prosecution countered by stating that it was ‘one thing for the victim to have sex with one of the defendants but it was clear that she did not want what happened in the hotel room’.
The defence pointed out that the woman had arrived at the hotel and was casually chatting with both men.
According to the alternative view of the prosecutor, the recordings only showed her speaking with one man.
The hospital tests performed on the woman after the alleged assault found no narcotic substances, but they confirmed that she had sex both with men.
Her video testimonies showed that she only drank two drinks at the party and began to feel dizzy when she was given a water bottle in her hotel room.
The receptionist of the hotel in which the two men stayed said that he did not remember everything that happened on the night.
The woman was not drunk, according to him.
When her brother later came to pick up her, she left in tears.
The two men were later found by his father and he, along with him, fought with the security personnel.
The hotel called the Police and a complaint of sexual assault was filed that night.
