Three police officers from Canada arrested for sexually assaulting and beating a prostitute in Barcelona

Three police officers from Canada have been arrested for sexually assaulting and beating a prostitute in Barcelona, as reported by El Periódico and confirmed by ACN from police sources. The events occurred last Wednesday in the Ciutat Vella district. The three Canadian police officers, who were on vacation, were in a taxi with the woman when one of them touched her inappropriately. The woman got angry, resisted, and ended up receiving a punch to the face from a second police officer. As a result of the assault, she had to receive medical attention for a deep cut on her eyebrow and filed a complaint with the Mossos d'Esquadra for sexual assault and injuries.

The Catalan police officers gathered statements from several witnesses and went to the accommodation of the three police officers. At the hotel, they only found two of the suspects, and arrested them. The third ended up being arrested by the Guardia Civil after fleeing to Palma.

A fugitive

The first police officer, who was a passenger in the taxi and would not have participated in the assault, resisted arrest and is now free, but is being investigated for assaulting an authority figure. The second Canadian officer would be the one who allegedly touched the woman inappropriately, and the duty court ordered his imprisonment this Friday, which he can avoid by paying bail. The man is accused of a sexual assault without penetration.

The third police officer, responsible for punching the victim, was missing and the Mossos d'Esquadra activated an alert to locate him. After 48 hours, the Guardia Civil intercepted him this Friday in Palma and he was arrested, accused of a crime of bodily harm.