Brit woman battered ‘by bar worker who tried to rape her’ on the holiday island of Tenerife
Police say that the alleged victim is being treated for serious head injuries at the University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz
A BRITISH tourist is recovering in hospital after allegedly being beaten by a Moroccan bar worker who tried to rape her on the holiday island of Tenerife.
The 20-year-old man allegedly tried to force himself on the victim at an apartment she had invited him back to.
He is accused of assaulting her when she asked him to leave.
The victim was rushed to hospital following the attack on Monday, but was so seriously injured that officers have still been unable to take a statement from her three days later.
Police sources would not reveal her age and say she remains in hospital.
She is understood to have suffered serious head injuries.
Her alleged attacker, who has not been named, is being held in custody after a judge agreed to extend his remand period before deciding what crime he would be formally placed under investigation for.
The decision was made by a court in Arona in the south of the island.
A court official said: “Investigating Court Number Three in Arona, acting as a duty court, has decided to extend the remand of a 20-year-old held in the municipality of Adeje as the suspected author of a crime of assault which has yet to be fully specified.
“The victim is still in hospital with injuries which are compatible with a physical assault.
“The court hopes to be able to decide tomorrow whether to place this suspect, who is of Moroccan origin, under formal judicial investigation and what crimes for.”
Police sources confirmed the injured woman, who is at the University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in the Tenerife capital Santa Cruz, is British.
In a separate incident on the island, a 37-year-old Nigerian bar worker was arrested on suspicion of raping a 27-year-old British tourist late on Wednesday.
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The incident is said to have taken place in the toilets of a pub in the popular resort of Playa de Las Americas.
The accused has been released on bail after being questioned by an investigating judge in a closed court hearing following his arrest on Thursday.
He was ordered to sign on at a local court every fortnight as part of his bail conditions.
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