Horror in Mallorca as British woman 'abducted into van and sexually assaulted'
Police issued an update on the alleged attack.
A British tourist has been abducted and sexually assaulted whilst on holiday in Mallorca.
The woman was accosted in the early hours of the morning as she was walking back to her hotel.
Police say she was approached by a van driver who drove up alongside her. He is alleged to have then grabbed her arm and pulled her inside the vehicle bto assault her.
A man has been arrested by the National Police for a crime of sexual assault.
He is alleged to have intimately fondled the woman.
The Family and Women's Care Unit (UFAM) of the National Police opened an investigation after receiving the complaint from the victim, who explained that she was assaulted by the driver of a van in the early hours of May 10.
The young woman said she left a leisure establishment in the Paseo Marítimo area of the island's capital, Palma, to go to her hotel. During her walk back, the driver of a van stopped next to her, grabbed her arm and put her inside the vehicle, she said.
The alleged aggressor began to drive at high speed while the woman was in the passenger seat without her having the option to get out of the van, it was claimed. The man allegedly intimately touched her private parts and stopped at a red light.
The UFAM carried out several steps to try to locate the suspect, and hours later, he was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of sexual assault. It is believed the woman, by this time, had managed to escape.
The accused man has already made a preliminary appearance before a judge in Palma.
No further details have yet been given about the British woman, including her age or whether she was physically hurt.
