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Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist
The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | June 26, 2005 | By Peter Upton in Alicante

Posted on 06/25/2005 5:15:44 PM PDT by aculeus

A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday.

Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca.

While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out "How's your daughter?", before heading into a crowded bar.

Shortly after, the woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out.

The woman fled to Alicante, where she was arrested the same evening. When she appeared in court the next day in the town of Orihuela, she was cheered and clapped by a crowd, who shouted "Bravo!" and "Well done!"

A judge ordered her to be held in prison and undergo psychiatric tests, provoking anger from friends and neighbours, who have set up a petition calling for her release.

Soriano suffered 60 per cent burns in the attack on June 13 and was airlifted to a specialist unit. He survived for 11 days before succumbing to his injuries.

It is understood that the woman, who cannot be named because of laws safeguarding the identity of rape victims, claims to have no recollection of the attack which took place in the Bar Mary, just 300 yards from the family home.

As decorators painted over the blackened walls of his bar last week, Antonio Ferrendez Lopez told how Soriano had walked in at lunchtime.

"The place was packed with people eating. I was sitting at a table and Soriano was standing at the bar very close to me when the woman walked in," he said. "She didn't acknowledge anyone but walked up to Soriano, who was drinking a coffee, put her hand on his shoulder and turned him round to face her.

"Then she pulled the bottle she was carrying from under her arm and began to tip it over him. At first I didn't realise what was happening, but then I smelt the petrol. I jumped up and tried to grab her, but when she struck a match I got clear.

"The petrol was in a pool around Soriano, and she threw the match into it. It ignited with a whoosh, and he screamed and staggered about covered in flames. As people rushed outside to escape the flames, she just looked at him, then turned and walked away."

Customers helped Mr Lopez put out the fire with extinguishers and doused Soriano with water until paramedics arrived.

Soriano's attack on the woman's teenage daughter took place in 1998. The girl was going to buy a loaf of bread when Soriano snatched her from the street, threatened her with a knife and raped her. Her mother is said to have suffered mental illness ever since.

Soriano was convicted of the rape and ordered to serve 13 years in jail. The sentence was later reduced to nine years on appeal.

The woman's lawyer, Joaquín Galant, told The Sunday Telegraph last night: "The family has suffered a double tragedy. First the attack on their daughter and now this. Both the father and his daughter would like to express their sadness at the death of Soriano."

Earlier, Mr Galant said that the woman did not deserve to be kept in prison. "For seven years she has been deeply affected by what was done to her daughter," he said. "This man, fresh from prison and asking how her daughter was, might be considered to have provoked her."

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To: jocon307
Breaking News--AP: Former President Bill Clinton has canceled his upcoming goodwill trip to Spain.
181 posted on 06/25/2005 9:01:14 PM PDT by Uncle Vlad
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To: aculeus

Well done. If such swift and sure justice were more frequent, crime would be more rare.


182 posted on 06/25/2005 9:01:21 PM PDT by neutrino (Globalization “is the economic treason that dare not speak its name.” (173))
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To: aculeus
They should let her go.

She was only exercising her freedom of expression. All she did was burn a fag.

It could have been much worse. She could have put panties on his head.

183 posted on 06/25/2005 9:04:18 PM PDT by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: aculeus

Actually I ordered "medium well", not well done. But my compliments to the cook neverthless. Bravo!


184 posted on 06/25/2005 9:06:15 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Old enough to know better, still too young to care)
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To: aculeus

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn’t get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire!


185 posted on 06/25/2005 9:09:13 PM PDT by TheForceOfOne (My tagline is currently being blocked by Congressional filibuster for being to harsh.)
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To: conservative cat
The flame

In Spain

Is mainly to

Inflict pain.

By George she's got it, I think she's got it.
186 posted on 06/25/2005 9:49:10 PM PDT by Iwo Jima
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To: aculeus
..glad to see, He was WELL DONE...in more ways than one. :/
187 posted on 06/25/2005 10:00:01 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: aculeus
"A Spanish Mother...."

I knew the mans fate was sealed from the first three words. He's just lucky she wasn't Cuban like my wife. He would have begged for a Spaniard.

Good for her.

188 posted on 06/25/2005 10:01:18 PM PDT by MattinNJ (Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
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To: Haru Hara Haruko

I reiterate-not the same situation by any means. And, by the way, the answer is both yes and yes.


189 posted on 06/26/2005 6:07:27 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: rlmorel
And, by the way, the answer is both yes and yes.

In other words: "Put some ice on it."

190 posted on 06/26/2005 6:17:01 AM PDT by Haru Hara Haruko
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To: aculeus

Captain Karma always gets his man ...


191 posted on 06/26/2005 6:23:51 AM PDT by Babu
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To: aculeus

Man, consider thyself, "rehabilitated" ...


192 posted on 06/26/2005 6:26:16 AM PDT by Babu
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To: Haru Hara Haruko

This is an entirely different subject. It is not considered polite to hijack someone's thread. There are plenty of threads on the Eminent Domain decision, which this has nothing to do with.


193 posted on 06/26/2005 6:58:57 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: Thinkin' Gal; aculeus

That revenge was a dish served hot.


194 posted on 06/26/2005 7:28:43 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (Give Durbin a turban)
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To: rawhide

She should get a hollywood book deal...and deservedly so.


195 posted on 06/26/2005 7:29:05 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: aculeus; Do not dub me shapka broham
Customers helped Mr Lopez put out the fire with extinguishers and doused Soriano with water until paramedics arrived.

Ha ha. Just noticed the customers saved the extinguisher for the bar and used water on the rapist.

196 posted on 06/26/2005 7:32:42 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (Give Durbin a turban)
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To: aculeus
"This man, fresh from prison and asking how her daughter was, might be considered to have provoked her."

"Might"?

197 posted on 06/26/2005 7:35:12 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
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To: aculeus

Hmm, not a PC thinker -- she'd have given the rapist understanding and therapy.


198 posted on 06/26/2005 7:37:59 AM PDT by hershey
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To: aculeus

199 posted on 06/26/2005 7:43:50 AM PDT by Jackknife (No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.-MacArthur)
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To: aculeus

Here in Alabama she wouldget a free pass 'cause "That boy needed Killin'"


200 posted on 06/26/2005 7:44:03 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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