British holidaymaker is raped in Majorca after ‘her drink was spiked’ – and wakes up without her underwear in wrong hotel

A French tourist has been arrested on suspicion of raping a British holidaymaker who told Mallorca police he feared his drink had been spiked on a night out.

The woman underwent tests at the hospital so detectives could determine if she had been drugged after waking up the next day in her underwear at a hotel that wasn’t hers.

He told police he didn’t remember anything after a beer with a group of other holidaymakers he had chatted with at the bar.

Police described him as “semi-conscious” when they took him to hospital after the alarm was raised.

The arrest took place on Monday after the woman’s belongings were found in the room where the alleged sexual assault took place.

The man is one of a group of four tourists he met on a night out in Palma, the capital of Mallorca, last Saturday.

A French tourist has been arrested on suspicion of raping a British holidaymaker who told Mallorca police he feared his drink had been spiked on a night out. Photo: Palma de Mallorca stock image

The representative of the Balearic Islands National Police confirmed. “On Monday, officers arrested a 36-year-old French tourist on suspicion of sexually assaulting a tourist.

“The young woman had gone drinking in the area near Palma’s bullring on Saturday evening and met four vacationers.

‘He struck up a conversation and they had a couple of beers.

‘He remembers nothing from that moment on, except that he woke up the next morning at 8:30 in another hotel, which was not his, dressed but without underwear.

“He went to reception to seek help because he was disoriented and didn’t know what had happened.

“The employee of the reception alerted the police, who dispatched the officers and activated the protocol for such cases.

“The woman was taken to the hospital, where a number of tests were performed, including toxicology tests, to get as much information as possible.”

Saying that officers from a unit called UFAM, which specializes in investigating crimes of sexual violence, have been assigned to investigate, the force added: ) and was vomiting.

“On Monday, they found a backpack with the woman’s belongings in the room where the sexual assault is believed to have taken place.

“At that moment, the alleged author of the crime was arrested. He’s one of the people he met at the bar.’

Well-placed sources have described the woman, whose age is not known, as a British tourist.

The woman underwent tests at the hospital so detectives could determine if she had been drugged after waking up the next day in her underwear at a hotel that wasn’t hers. Photo: Palma de Mallorca file image

It was not clear today what the tests revealed and whether the suspect was remanded in custody after appearing in court or released on bail pending an ongoing investigation.

The latest arrest follows a string of rape arrests in Mallorca over the summer.

The most prominent were five French and one Swiss tourists after the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old British man at the BH Mallorca Resort in Magaluf in the early hours of August 14. They have all been remanded in custody by an investigating judge who is leading the ongoing investigation.

Two other suspects were later arrested in France on European Arrest Warrants so they could be extradited to Spain.

Less than a fortnight later, three British holidaymakers were arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at another Magaluf hotel.

The trio were detained as they tried to board a plane to Manchester.

The woman who raised the alarm, who well-placed sources said at the time was also British, claimed she had been drugged.

Last Friday, National Police officers in Mallorca arrested two Britons for the alleged rape of a third.

They met at a hotel in the east coast tourist resort of Calais de Mallorca after chatting on the gay dating app Grindr.

Police said the alleged rape victim told her alleged assailants she wanted “companionship and affection” after going to their hotel room, but nothing more.

He ended up in the hospital needing stitches.