Albanian man accused of raping a British tourist, 20, in the sea in Rhodes insists it was consensual and says they ate at a restaurant afterwards as he has been released from custody but Greece is not allowed to leave
- Albanian man, 23, has denied raping the British tourist after they spoke online
- The 20-year-old woman said the man raped her on Saturday and tried again
An Albanian man accused of raping a British tourist in the sea and attempting to do so at her hotel in Rhodes has been released but is not allowed to leave Greece.
The British woman, 20, told police the 23-year-old man raped her on Saturday after they went swimming at Glystra beach on the island’s east coast.
The young woman said the man then took her to her hotel room in Kiotari, where he assaulted her and attempted to rape her a second time, the agency said. Vradini newspaper.
The tourist, who has not been named, testified that she had met the man two weeks ago and that they exchanged messages via WhatsApp before meeting in person last week.
The Albanian national urged investigators that the couple had consensual sex before eating dinner together and then going to her room to have sex again, the newspaper Dimokratiki reports.
A British woman, 20, told police the 23-year-old man raped her on Saturday after they went swimming on a beach on the east coast of Rhodes (file image)
The British tourist told police she met the suspect in her hotel room on the afternoon of June 3 before they agreed to ride his brother’s motorcycle to Glystra beach, where they went for a swim.
She said the man then attacked her while they were in the sea and raped her.
The victim walked onto the beach and put on her clothes before begging the suspect to drive her back to her hotel room.
But when they arrived at the hotel at 4 p.m. local time, the 23-year-old man followed her back to her room where he took off her clothes and again attempted to sexually assault her.
This time the woman managed to push him off and forced him to leave the room. The victim then left the hotel and reported the rape and assault to the Rhodes police.
Detectives began a manhunt for the Albanian man. He was found hours later and taken to the police station. A case has been filed against him for rape, for which he could face up to ten years in prison.
He has now been released on the condition that he does not leave the country. The investigation continues.