A 59-year-old British woman has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an Italian girl in a Spanish holiday hotspot. The incident occurred in Mijas, a beautiful white washed village in the Andalusican province of Malaga.
The Brit allegedly sat next to the female child, who is under the age of 14, on Boulevard de La Cala on Sunday August 10 at around 11pm. She then proceeded to strike up a conversation with the victim in English to gain her trust. According to witnesses, the British woman then began touching the child, including intimate areas of her body, reports SUR.
The teenager, an Italian national, ran to a nearby shop to seek help where her aunt was present, who immediately called the emergency services.
Racing to the scene Mijas Policia Local Police attended to the female teen and quizzed the British woman.
The teen was first taken to a local health centre for assessment before being accompanied by family members to Guardia Civil headquarters to file an official complaint.
The suspect, meanwhile, was handed over to the Guardia Civil, who have continued with the investigation.
It is unclear if the unnamed British woman is a holidaymaker or an expat.
Local councillor Juan Carlos Cuevas described her behaviour as “repugnant and intolerable” and added even though she has not yet been formally charged with any crime: “It deserves the strongest condemnation.”
Saying the co-operation of residents and the rapid intervention of local police employed by Mijas Town Hall had played a key part in the arrest, he said: “This case shows that when we work together, we manage to halt very serious situations.”