British man ‘arrested over sexual assault of 14-year-old girl in Spanish resort’

A person has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a younger British teenager at a resort in Spain, in keeping with native media.

The assault is alleged to have taken place on Thursday evening in a resort room the place the woman was staying along with her dad and mom and different family on a household vacation in Calella, a coastal city close to Barcelona.

The woman is 14 years outdated, in keeping with Catalunya Informacio radio station, which reported that three British males staying on the identical resort had been within the room in the course of the assault.

These claims within the radio station’s report haven’t been confirmed publicly by police or in different retailers.

One man was arrested on Thursday evening, in keeping with a number of retailers, a few of which cited the regional police drive, Mossos d’Esquadra.

The suspect appeared in court docket the next day and was remanded in custody, reportedly with out bail.

“A decide at Court docket of First Occasion Quantity 7 in Arenys de Mar, appearing as an obligation court docket, has agreed to remand a person arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor in Calella,” a court docket official informed The Mirror.

After police had been known as, the woman was reportedly taken to Sant Jaume Hospital for a medical examination.

The Impartial has approached the Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace for remark.

Calella is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot on the Costa del Maresme, located some 30 miles east of Barcelona.