A British tourist has described being dragged away and sexually assaulted by two robbers in Magaluf while she was on the phone to a relative.
Speaking in court today, the terrified woman recalled how the family member heard her scream for help before she was rescued by local police officers.
The alleged attackers – two men aged 20 and 25 – had pinned her down, she said.
‘I don’t know what would have happened if the police lights hadn’t appeared,’ she told the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands today.
The woman – who has not been named – said she had been on vacation in Mallorca and that on the night of the attack, she had gone to a cocktail bar in Magaluf – a party town on the island known for its nightlife that is popular among Brits.
A British tourist has described being dragged away and sexually assaulted by two robbers in Magaluf (pictured, file photo) while she was on the phone to a relative
She said she left the bar to call her relative back in England, but there was too much noise in the area, so she moved further away from the bar.
It was then, she said, that she encountered the two young men, who surrounded her – with one in front of her and one behind.
According to the alleged victim, one of the men covered her mouth and dragged her away to a less crowded area. There, they took her jewellery, her watch and her phone.
Her phone was still connected to the call with her relative, who heard the woman’s screams, prompting him to rush to take a flight to Mallorca.
The woman said that as well as taking her belongings, the men groped her while speaking to her ‘in very bad English’.
She said they tore her dress and touched her genital area. She insisted that she resisted the attack at all times, but that they had pinned her to the ground.
She said she ‘just wanted to get them off of me.’
Asked by the prosecutor if she thought the men intended to rape her, she said she did not know, but was grateful that the police arrived when they did.
‘I don’t know what would have happened if the police lights had not appeared.’
By pure change, a local police car was passing the site of the alleged attack with its blue flashing lights on.
The woman said when she realised it was a police car, the attack was interrupted, and she was able to break free from her alleged attackers.
Speaking in court today, the terrified woman recalled how the family member heard her scream for help before she was rescued by local police officers. Pictured: A police officer is seen standing guard near a bar in Magaluf (file photo)
According to the officers, who also appeared in court, one of the accused walked out into the path of the vehicle, trying to block their field of view.
‘That didn’t make much sense,’ one of the officers recalled. ‘Asking us the time, for example. It seemed suspicious to us.
Next, they said, the men tried to flee. They jumped over a fence of a sports venue but were caught after a chase by the police.
Officers recalled how the shaken woman tried to tell them what had happened, and she managed to make them understand she had been sexually assaulted.
‘She was very nervous, crying, she couldn’t stop shaking,’ one of the officers told the court, recalling that the woman had blood on her thigh and that one of the suspects had scratches on his cheeks.
When an officer searched one of the two men, they said they found the items they had stolen from the woman, including a watch he had hidden in his underwear.
The police officers said that when they informed the two men that they were being arrested, they reacted with violence and threats.
The woman told said that she had been on vacation in Mallorca and that on the night of the attack, she had gone to a cocktail bar in Magaluf – a party town on the island known for its nightlife that is popular among Brits
One said that ‘he was going to kill us, that he was going to send his relatives to kill us’ and that he had links to a criminal gang, one of the officers said.
The Prosecutor’s Office has requested a 17-and-a-half-year sentence for the first of the accused, and a sentence of 20 years for the second.
In addition, they are asking that the accused be forced to compensate the tourist with 16,000 euros (£13,700), and the police officers with smaller sums.
The trial is set to continue on Friday.