22 Aug, 2016 @ 16:54
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Manhunt underway in Spain after young British au pair raped in car park near beach resort

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bilbao beachA MANHUNT is underway after a British au pair in her early 20’s was raped near a popular surfer beach in Spain.

The victim told police she was raped by a man who dragged her to a car park at Arrietara Beach, 11 miles from Bilbao, before he fled the scene.

A passerby alerted authorities after seeing the victim walking around disorientated.

She has been treated at a hospital.

The attack is alleged to have happened around 8am on Sunday.

A spokesman for the regional Ertzaintza police force said: “We are investigating reports of a sexual assault in a car park at Arrietara Beach.

“We were alerted by a call to the emergency services around 8am on Sunday.

“The caller had seen the woman wandering around the car park and felt something wasn’t right and decided to call police.”

No arrests have been made.

 

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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