THE rapist of a British tourist has been sentenced to seven years prison by a Spanish court last week.

THE rapist of a British tourist has been sentenced to seven years prison by a Spanish court last week. The man T Vasile is a Romanian, and was found guilty of repeatedly raping the un-named British tourist at a villa just outside Villajoyosa in October of 2009. The woman had gone voluntarily with the man to the villa, but on arrival he attacked her, violating her on three occasions, and according to the Court, even tried to involve his dog in sexual acts.The woman managed to leave the villa, take a train to Benidorm and went straight to the police.When the police surrounded the villa, the rapist and two other Romanians tried to escape in a car, and rammed a police vehicle, fled on foot and fought with police. The driver of the police vehicle was seriously injured.Some residents believe seven years seems paltry by way of punishment for multiple rape, forced acts of depravity with an animal, what could be construed as attempted murder against the police when ramming their vehicle and violently resisting arrest.The leniency of the sentence has been put down to a split decision between the three presiding judges, with one dissenting on grounds of insufficient evidence of the rape.
One would think that the serious injury of a policeman in the exercise of his duty would in itself warrant a harsh sentence.With good behaviour, T Vasily will be eligible for parole within the next few years.
The British woman who was raped will be living with the memory of the ordeal for a lot longer than that.