Overview
- Seven French nationals and one Swiss national pleaded guilty as the four-day trial was set to begin at the Audiencia Provincial court in Palma.
- Five men received sentences of nine or 11 years for sexual assault with penetration, one received four years for sexual assault without penetration, and all eight received two years and three months for recording the attack.
- The court ordered the men to pay the victim more than €100,000 in compensation.
- Investigators relied on multiple mobile-phone videos, some shared on Snapchat, to identify the attackers and secure convictions after the 30-minute assault at the BH Mallorca Resort on August 14, 2023.
- Three defendants who were granted bail earlier remain free, five are in custody, and a further hearing next month is expected to address sentence enforcement and potential deportation after part of the terms are served.