British teen arrested over attempted rape of UK tourist at Tenerife hotel

A teenage British tourist has been arrested after allegedly attempting to rape another UK holidaymaker at her hotel in Tenerife.

The 16-year-old, who was vacationing with his family, is accused of sneaking into the 22-year-old woman’s room at a resort in Playa de Las Americas.

He was arrested at the swimming pool of his hotel, next to the one where he is said to have forced himself onto the other Brit.

The teenager fled the woman’s room after she resisted and screamed, detectives said.

He has since been placed in a juvenile detention centre in the Spanish holiday hotspot.

Before he was remanded he appeared at a youth court and was barred from leaving Spain while the investigation continues.

The ordeal unfolded during “busy daylight hours” on July 31 according to police, with a source saying it occurred around 3pm.

A spokesperson for Spain’s National Police in Tenerife said on Thursday: "Officers have arrested a minor aged 16 as the alleged author of an attempted sex attack on July 31 at a hotel in the municipality of Arona.

"The quick work of officers led to his rapid location and arrest, preventing the possibility of further attacks."

They added: "The incident occurred at the door of one of the rooms of the hotel where the victim, aged 22, was approached by an individual who managed to sneak in behind her.

"She resisted, screaming to raise the alarm, and managing to prevent the attacker from closing the door behind him who reacted by fleeing the scene."

Cops also noted that CCTV cameras enabled them to "reconstruct the events of that day and follow the suspect’s movement".

This helped them to locate and arrest the teenager at the pool of the nearby hotel.

The police source said: "Both the teenage boy and the woman are British.

"She was holidaying alone and he was with his family."

Another source said: "The CCTV images police obtained showed this lad appeared to be on the prowl after entering a hotel he wasn’t staying at.

"He didn’t know the older woman. She was a complete stranger."

It is currently unclear which hotel the alleged attack took place at.

But the ordeal reportedly took place on Avenida de Las Americas in southern Tenerife.

It comes after four men were arrested in Greece over allegations they filmed a British woman having sex before sharing the video via their phones.

Greek cops from Aktio-Vonitsa Police Station conducted the arrests in late July in the Palairos area.

And on July 24, a Brit teenager was allegedly raped in the sea off a popular Greek holiday island.

The 16-year-old girl reported the alleged assault on Monday during a trip with her family.

The alleged attack was said to have happened in broad daylight at Rhodes’ Ialysos beach - in front of a hotel packed with guests.

According to Greek outlet Dimokratiki, the girl approached cops with her father around 5.50pm local time.