Irish boy (15) arrested on suspicion of rape in Spanish holiday resort
Teenager accused of sexually assaulting an Irish girl (18) in Salou
A 15-year-old Irish holidaymaker has been arrested on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old tourist of the same nationality in a Spanish holiday resort.
The youth was held hours after the alleged sex attack in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou just south of the city of Tarragona.
He has already been remanded to a youth detention centre after appearing before a judge pending an ongoing criminal probe.
Detectives are said to have tracked him down to the unnamed Salou hotel where he was staying after his alleged victim gave officers a description of the suspect and told them he had been wearing an all-inclusive resort wristband.
She has now flown back to Ireland after giving police a statement and ratifying her complaint in front of the same youth court judge the 15-year-old appeared before after his arrest.
The regional Mossos d’Esquadra…
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