Overview
- The case, which began Wednesday inside a taxi near Barcelona’s Ciutadella, centers on a woman who reported unwanted touching and a blow to her eyebrow that required stitches.
- Mossos d'Esquadra took witness statements, treated the complaint as sexual assault without penetration and injuries, and found two suspects at their lodging.
- The suspect accused of the touching appeared before Barcelona’s Violence Against Women court on Friday and was ordered to pretrial detention that can be avoided with a €6,000 bail payment.
- Guardia Civil officers, acting on a police alert, arrested the third suspect Friday in Palma de Mallorca on suspicion of causing the injury, and a Palma court released him with charges, seized his passport, and barred him from leaving Spain until he posts €3,000.
- All three men are off-duty Canadian police on vacation, and the specialized courts often impose passport seizure and bail to prevent flight when suspects are foreign, while the woman, a sex worker, received medical care and filed formal complaints.