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Three men have been convicted of the repeated gang-rape of a British tourist in Benidorm.
They were jailed for eight-and-a-half years each after being found guilty of the horrendous crime following a trial at a court in Alicante, southeastern Spain.
The three sentencing judges concluded the men had raped their victim twice in just four hours - the first time in a park near a football ground in the Costa Blanca holiday resort and the second on waste ground near El Cisne flea market.
They forced themselves on her after approaching her near a pub where she had been drinking and taking her to the secluded spot where they sexually attacked her.
The judges ruled they took advantage of the fact she was under the influence of alcohol to carry out their sex crimes. The victim has been described as being in a state of 'semi-consciousness' at the time.
Three men have been convicted of the repeated gang-rape of a British tourist in Benidorm (file image)
She managed to escape after being taken to the second spot she was raped at and alerted her mum when she got back to her hotel.
The convicted men, a Spaniard and two Moroccans aged between 24 and 34, have not been named ahead of a possible appeal.
Prosecutors said they were seeking prison sentences of just over 12 years on conviction for each of the three men when they went on trial in November last year at Alicante's Audiencia Provincial Court.
A court official said ahead of their trial: 'State prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of twelve years and three months for three men accused of sexually abusing a woman several times.'
He added: 'According to prosecutors they started a conversation
