A British tourist who admitted to raping another UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel after she fell unconscious has walked free.
Billy John Chard was facing seven years behind bars as he stood trial in Palma de Mallorca this morning.
But Chard instead received a two-year suspended sentence after confessing to the assault as part of a plea bargain.
He will not have to serve his time if he pays his victim £5,000 in compensation and doesn’t re-offend over the next two years.
Mitigating circumstances taken into account included his alcohol and drug intoxication when he raped his victim in his room at the BH
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