Bartender arrested for raping British tourist, 20, after ‘following her to toilet at Italian nightclub’

A BARTENDER has been arrested by police in Italy over the rape of a 20-year-old British tourist.

The arrest comes eight months after the woman reported that the suspect followed her into the restroom at a Naples nightclub before attacking her.

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The 27-year-old suspect is said to have started while drinking, she talked to the victim in the bar with friends in July last year.

But when she went to the toilet, he followed her and brutally attacked her, local media said.

The young Briton described the alleged attack as the “worst experience of her life” and told police at the time: “Suddenly he was on top of me and I saw his pants down.

‘There was no permission from me at all. I didn’t give my consent.’

After the attack, the traumatized holidaymaker went to hospital and reported the incident to police, who launched an investigation.

Although she returned to England, she cooperated in providing DNA evidence and continued to help police track down her attacker, local media reported.

She returned to Italy in December to prosecutor Mariangela Magariello and deputy prosecutor Raffaello Falcone with further statements and identification.

Her persistence paid off when police arrested the bartender on March 3.

Naples Judge Carla Sarno ordered him under house arrest after prosecutors and the victim’s attorney, Lucilla Longone, said there were fears he might try to flee.

The police are further investigating camera images and interviewing witnesses.