They were two groups of tourists who happened to be staying at the same complex.
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On September 22, 2023, the Civil Guard of Gran Canaria proceeded to investigate a 49-year-old man as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of sexual assault, by trying to kiss through the use of force and against the will of a woman. On the other hand, four other men between the ages of 21 and 42 were investigated as alleged perpetrators of a less serious crime of injuries, by attacking the person who tried to forcibly kiss them, events that occurred in the south of the island of Gran Canaria.
Notice and first actions
The Civil Guard received a notice in the early hours of September 20 when a male of foreign nationality was found unconscious on the floor of a staircase for public use leading to an apartment complex in the town of Puerto Rico.
Immediately, the Civil Guard of Puerto Rico, given the poor condition in which the person was and the injuries he presented, helped him, requesting an ambulance so that the man could be transferred to the Emergency Service of the Insular Hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. place where he was admitted.
It so happens that that same morning at the Civil Guard headquarters, an Irish tourist stated that when she was heading with her family to the hotel complex where they were staying, coming from the nightlife area, they crossed paths with two other tourists from the same nationality and that after exchanging a few words, one of them tried to kiss him by using force and against his will.
All of this led to a small confrontation between them, which was resolved when both groups separated, each of them leaving in different directions, but minutes later the two people returned to the place since they lived in the same complex and again the aggressor tried to kiss another once to the complainant.
Police inquiries and investigations
Given this circumstance, the Civil Guard carried out a series of investigations and various procedures such as the analysis of frames from security cameras installed in the area, being able to verify how both groups of tourists crossed paths on public roads and that there was a altercation between them, separating shortly after and each of them going their own way and observing how minutes after the group of the woman and her relatives entered the interior of their apartments, the two Irish men with whom they had had appeared again. the incident, who happened to be staying in the same complex.
When the young woman's relatives realized the presence of these two people and that they intended to access the apartments, and unaware that they were spending the night in the same place, they went outside and began to violently attack the two men, especially one of them. who lost his balance after being pushed, receiving numerous punches and kicks to the head, causing him to lose consciousness, causing injuries that required stitches that were treated during his hospital stay.
All police efforts would lead to the corresponding proceedings and investigation of the four perpetrators of the crimes described, remaining at the disposal of the corresponding guard court of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
