1 Jun, 2016 @ 10:21
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Young Irish girl raped on Spanish beach after being separated from family

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tenerifeA YOUNG Irish girl has been raped on a beach in Spain after being separated from her family.

The 13-year-old was walking with her family near the Playa de las Americas resort on Tenerife in the early hours of May 26.

She is said to have got separated from her family before being befriended by ‘an individual of caucasian appearance’.

It is believed he took her to a nearby beach where the rape was allegedly carried out at around 2am.

The girl immediately reported the attack to a local police station before having a rape kit carried out.

Spanish police are looking for a white European man but are concerned he may have been a tourist who could have already flown home.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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