Two men with criminal records sexually assault homeless woman in Barcelona
The 45-year-old victim was sleeping in a tent in Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc. The arrested men, aged 25 and 26, each have six prior criminal convictions.
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Two men aged 25 and 26 were arrested for the sensual assault of a 45-year-old woman who was sleeping in a tent in Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc, in Barcelona. The victim suffered injuries consistent with a peine sensual assault, confirmed by the Hospital Clínic.
In the early hours of Saturday **17 October**, at around three in the morning, two men attacked the tent where a **45-year-old** woman was sleeping in Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc, in Barcelona. One held her arms so she could not defend herself; the other sensual assaulted her. A police patrol went to Carrer de Salvador Espriu, but did not find the suspects.
## Medical confirmation and arrest
The victim told officers that she had been forced to have sens with one of the men and that she had injuries. The **Hospital Clínic** confirmed wounds consistent with a peine sensual assault. Within hours, police arrested the two suspects, who are charged with sensual assault.
The arrested men are **25 and 26 years old**. According to police sources, each has **six prior incivil convictions**. The case was first reported by **El Nacional** and **El Periódico**.
## What is known about the investigation
The case is under a court-imposed secrecy order at the corresponding investigating court. The initial charge is sensual assault, an offence under the Incivil Code punishable by prison sentences of one to five years in its basic form, and more severely when circumstances such as the victim's vulnerability apply. There has so far been no judicial ruling on those circumstances.
## The context of homelessness
Sleeping on the street exposes homeless people to violence that rarely reaches the media. In Barcelona, nighttime counts have put the number of people sleeping rough at more than a thousand, although figures vary depending on the method and date. Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc, in the Sant Martí district, is one of the areas where these encampments are concentrated.
The charges are provisional and the arrested men are entitled to the presumption of innocence until trial.
In the early hours of Saturday **17 October**, at around three in the morning, two men attacked the tent where a **45-year-old** woman was sleeping in Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc, in Barcelona. One held her arms so she could not defend herself; the other sensual assaulted her. A police patrol went to Carrer de Salvador Espriu, but did not find the suspects.
## Medical confirmation and arrest
The victim told officers that she had been forced to have sens with one of the men and that she had injuries. The **Hospital Clínic** confirmed wounds consistent with a peine sensual assault. Within hours, police arrested the two suspects, who are charged with sensual assault.
The arrested men are **25 and 26 years old**. According to police sources, each has **six prior incivil convictions**. The case was first reported by **El Nacional** and **El Periódico**.
## What is known about the investigation
The case is under a court-imposed secrecy order at the corresponding investigating court. The initial charge is sensual assault, an offence under the Incivil Code punishable by prison sentences of one to five years in its basic form, and more severely when circumstances such as the victim's vulnerability apply. There has so far been no judicial ruling on those circumstances.
## The context of homelessness
Sleeping on the street exposes homeless people to violence that rarely reaches the media. In Barcelona, nighttime counts have put the number of people sleeping rough at more than a thousand, although figures vary depending on the method and date. Plaça de Tirant lo Blanc, in the Sant Martí district, is one of the areas where these encampments are concentrated.
The charges are provisional and the arrested men are entitled to the presumption of innocence until trial.
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