A young British woman confirmed this Monday via video conference from her country that she was gang raped while visiting Benidorm with her family in 2016 and that she believed she had been drugged beforehand because she had been sexually assaulted. She was unconscious and had only had three or four alcoholic drinks that night. The three defendants deny the gang rape incident for which the Prosecutor’s Office accuses them. He requests a total prison sentence of 29 years and 3 months. three counts each of continuous sexual abuse and one count of robbery.
According to the prosecutor’s indictment, the events occurred on the following date: Early morning hours of October 2, 2016 In Benidorm, the defendants chatted with a 24-year-old girl in a bar and took advantage of her drunken state to take her to a nearby park where the three had sexual intercourse with the victim. They then went to an open area where they repeated the act, without the consent of the woman, who was semi-conscious, according to the Public Ministry. The victim managed to escape from the scene. They stole watches and rings It is worth 497 euros.
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The young woman confirmed the complaint and made it clear that they must have laced her drink with drugs because she was unconscious and woke up lying down. half naked in the car and saw three or four men outside the vehicle. The tourist also assured that she did not agree to have sexual intercourse with the defendant and stated that she was still using medication due to her fear and anxiety of leaving the house alone. Her mother said that her daughter came home that night and said that she had been raped.
One of the defendants, who only answered his lawyer’s questions, Aitor Esteban Gallastegui, At the hearing, he admitted that he had consensual sexual intercourse with the victim and that he did not know whether the other two defendants had done anything to him in the car. However, he testified in court that the other two would normally approach women in a drunken state, rob them and have sex with them.
Another defendant who took over his defense lawyer José Soler Martin, responded to the prosecutor and his defense and once again denied having a relationship with the victim. He stated that he only took the young woman and the other defendants to the nightclub with his car.
The third defendant who took over his defense Antonio Gascón CastilloHe invoked his right not to testify but his statements were read in court, where he admitted the three had sex with the young woman and assured her it was consensual.