Brit tourist ‘followed back to hotel room and raped by security guard’ in Benidorm as arrest made
A BENIDORM hotel worker has been arrested after a British tourist claimed she was raped following a night out with a friend she was staying with.
The holidaymaker told police she was forced to have sex after the security guard offered to accompany her to her room when she returned the worse for wear.
The 43-year-old claimed in a police statement the unnamed man had put a pillow over her face as he raped her.
The hotel worker is insisting the women were both drunk and all he and a colleague did was take energy drinks to their room at their request.
He also told police that other guests complained about the noise the tourists were making and they went up to their rooms again to ask them to quieten down before they refused a second request for more drinks including alcohol.
An investigating judge took the decision to release him after questioning on Friday pending an ongoing criminal probe rather than remand him in custody.
Police have confirmed the arrest but were not immediately available this morning to make any further comment.
The alleged incident is said to have occurred in a third-floor room of the unnamed hotel in the early hours of December 27.
The British holidaymaker gave a statement to police later the same day through a translator, saying she had arrived in Benidorm the previous day with a female friend.
She was due to stay in the famous Costa Blanca resort until yesterday but it is unclear whether she has flown home.
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The woman was taken to hospital for a standard examination after making her complaint to Spanish police.
Court sources confirmed the hotel security worker, a 29-year-old Romanian man, had been ordered to sign on every fortnight as part of his provisional release conditions.
His lawyer is Roberto Sanchez, who defended the five British men investigated on suspicion of the homicide of Scots holidaymaker Kirsty Maxwell who died in a hotel plunge in Benidorm in April 2017.
They were cleared of any involvement in her death after a long-running probe, with a regional court rejecting an appeal by her parents in July 2020 to persuade judges it was not an accident and overturn an earlier court decision to shelve the investigation.
Mr Sanchez said today: “My client categorically denies any participation in the incident that has been reported to police.
“He feels outraged at the allegations made against him.”
It is understood forensic experts are carrying out tests on an item of clothing the British woman handed cops which is stained with “fluids.”
The results are expected to play a key part in determining the future of the investigation.
CCTV footage has been obtained but is understood to show the reception area only and not the corridors where the rooms are.