See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:28 BST, 1 July 2026 | Updated: 11:31 BST, 1 July 2026
A man has been arrested in Greece in connection with the rape of a British teenager. The 18-year-old woman accused a 50-year-old security guard of sexually assaulting her while she was on holiday in Malia, Crete, local media reported. The British girl claimed that a man, who did not know her, stopped her in the early hours of Tuesday morning outside a hotel. He then took her to a secluded spot, where he raped her, she alleged. The teen then reported the incident to local police, who launched an investigation. Cops were able to locate the suspect and arrested him on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect works as a security guard and is local to the Heraklion area of the island, according to local reports. The alleged rape comes amid reports that an 18-year-old woman was raped in Crete by a fellow British holidaymaker after she was followed into the bathroom of a bar last month. A British teenager has accused a man of raping her on the Greek island of Crete (file image) After the alleged incident was reported to the Greek police, a 19-year-old was arrested and transferred to Heraklion's courthouse. It is believed the woman met the alleged attacker once before meeting him again in a bar in Malia, but had not maintained 'friendly relations', according to the local media outlet Cretalive.The Brit claimed the young man then led her to the bathroom of the bar, situated in the island's bustling party town, where he proceeded to allegedly rape her.The 19-year-old tourist is said to have denied the charges against him and claimed that they had consensual intercourse.Earlier this year, two sisters alleged they were raped by two men they met on a night out on the Greek island of Rhodes.The teenagers, aged 18 and 19, told police they had been at a nightclub in the island's medieval old town on April 27 when they struck up a conversation with two British men.The group spent time drinking together and socialising before leaving the venue later that night.According to their account, they then went to a nearby hotel, where they were separated into different rooms with the men.It was there, the sisters allege, that they were attacked after initially agreeing to go back with them following the night out.They reported the alleged assaults to police shortly afterwards, prompting an immediate response from local authorities and the launch of a formal investigation into the claims.Officers from Rhodes' crime investigation unit quickly moved to locate the suspects and arrested the two men, who are understood to be brothers, following the women's statements.
