Seven arrested for ‘torturing man with learning disabilities by forcing him to go to supermarket dressed as a woman and supergluing his lips together’
- A man with learning disabilities was allegedly tortured in Majorca
- He offered cash to strangers online to give him an extreme makeover
- They allegedly superglued his lips together, and tattooed penises on his face
Spanish police have arrested seven people accused of torturing a man with learning abilities who offered strangers cash online to give him an extreme makeover.
The four women and three men allegedly made him walk round a Majorca supermarket dressed like a woman, tattooed penises on his face, superglued his lips together, sewed his toes together and shaved his eyebrows off.
Sources close to the ongoing investigation say he was also made to walk on top of drawing pins during a three-day ordeal.
He escaped after being allowed to go to a cashpoint so he could pay his alleged kidnappers as had been agreed.
The victim, said to suffer from learning disabilities as well as mobility problems, has reportedly received death threats since going to police.
Spanish police have arrested seven people accused of torturing a man with learning abilities who offered strangers cash online to give him an extreme makeover
Well-placed sources said on Tuesday that the alleged victim appeared to have organised an online contest based around a sexual role-play game in which he would pay punters to help him change his appearance using transvestism and light BDSM.
Local reports said he even made selected candidates sign a contract titled ‘Change of Look.’
He is said to have raised the alarm after the sadomasochism he was subjected to went too far.
The group chosen to act out his apparent fantasies went to the property in Manacor at the centre of the bizarre case after meeting up in a city centre square in the Majorcan capital Palma called Plaza de Espana.
The unnamed alleged torture victim, who is in his 30s, was reportedly made to walk round a supermarket in Palma dressed as a woman before his treatment began to turn more violent.
The three men and four women are aged between 20 and 30 and were arrested over the alleged torture session at a house in the Majorcan city of Manacor.
Police are understood to be analysing video footage confiscated from the detainees’ mobile phones.
They are expected to appear in court later today after being questioned by detectives.
They face charges of wounding and unlawful detention.
Police have yet to make any official comment but are expected to release a statement after the suspects appear in court.
An investigating magistrate will have to decide whether to remand them in custody pending an ongoing probe or release them on bail.