By Natalia Penza For Mailonline
Published: 08:58 BST, 15 June 2019 | Updated: 11:29 BST, 15 June 2019
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Police in Majorca have arrested a man over the rape of a 15-year-old British holidaymaker in a hotel sauna.
The suspect has been described locally as a well-known Romanian pickpocket.
Civil Guard officers held him on Thursday.
He is understood to have been released on bail after appearing in court on Friday.
Police in Majorca have arrested a man over the rape of a 15-year-old British holidaymaker in the sauna of the four-star Best Delta Hotel in Llucmajor (pictured)
The hearing took place in private.
The Civil Guard confirmed investigators were probing the hotel sauna, but said they could not give out any more information.
Investigators were called in on May 27 after the 15-year-old told police she was raped after entering her hotel sauna alone around 4pm.
The suspect was described at the time as a foreigner.
The girl was staying at the four-star Best Delta Hotel in Llucmajor with her family.
A spokesman for the hotel, speaking after news of
