28 Apr, 2024 @ 11:31
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Manhunt in Spain: Predator who ‘sexually assaulted a foreign teenager’ on a beach in Estepona before ‘knocking her tooth out’ remains wanted by police

POLICE are hunting an alleged sexual predator in Spain after a teenage girl reported being attacked on a beach.

The 19-year-old told Policia Nacional that she was assaulted at around 9.45pm on La Rada beach in Estepona, on the Costa del Sol.

The assailant is said to have fled the scene and remains at large, reports El Confidencial.

The victim, who is foreign, said the man groped her private parts during the terrifying attack last Sunday.

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When she fought back, the man beat her up, punching her so hard in the face that a tooth was knocked out.

However she continued to fight back and eventually he fled the scene.

Police immediately activated a search team to track down the suspect.

According to reports, they checked all known hiding spots and surveillance spots but were unable to find him.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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