https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A teen on vacation was able to lock herself in the bathroom and call police for help after a man tried to rape her. The only problem: she didn't know where she was. https://www.thelocal.es/20160706/crafty-teen-hides-in-bathroom-uses-phone-gps-to-escape-would-be-rapist Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:30:59 +0200 crafty-teen-hides-in-bathroom-uses-phone-gps-to-escape-would-be-rapist A Dutchman convicted of sexually assaulting three women in Spain has been in prison for the last 11 years despite DNA results 7 years ago suggesting he wasn't the culprit. https://www.thelocal.es/20140915/dutchman-in-spanish-jail-waits-for-dna-justice Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0200 dutchman-in-spanish-jail-waits-for-dna-justice A Spanish man who raped his daughter throughout her childhood, leaving her pregnant four times, has escaped before authorities could jail him. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/father-who-raped-daughter-for-16-years-flees Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:08:00 +0200 father-who-raped-daughter-for-16-years-flees A French woman who was sexually attacked three years ago on the Spanish holiday island of Majorca has alerted police after her rapist sent her a friend request via a social network. https://www.thelocal.es/20140630/rapist-contacts-victim-via-facebook-3-years-on Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:34:00 +0200 rapist-contacts-victim-via-facebook-3-years-on A Spanish mother who killed her daughter's rapist has finally been sent to prison where she is due to serve a five-and-a-half-year sentence for the 2005 killing. https://www.thelocal.es/20140509/court-jails-mum-who-torched-daughters-rapist Fri, 09 May 2014 12:57:00 +0200 court-jails-mum-who-torched-daughters-rapist Spanish police are keeping a sadistic killer known as the "tracksuit madman" under close watch after his release from prison under a European human rights ruling, officials said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131124/spain-police-keep-eye-on-freed-tracksuit-madman Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:53:00 +0100 spain-police-keep-eye-on-freed-tracksuit-madman The "unrepentant" 76-year-old rapist was among the first Spanish prisoners released under an EU ruling overturning Spain's so-called Parot doctrine. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/serial-rapist-first-to-be-freed-by-eu-ruling Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:28:00 +0200 serial-rapist-first-to-be-freed-by-eu-ruling