Spanish gang-rape victim dies by euthanasia after father's legal challenge fails

Noelia Castillo Ramos, a 25-year-old gang-rape survivor from Barcelona, died by euthanasia this evening following an exhaustive legal battle launched by her father to prevent the procedure.

The young woman was sexually assaulted twice in 2022, first by a former boyfriend and subsequently by three boys at a state-supervised centre for vulnerable young people.

The hospital confirmed her death took place at the Sant Pere de Ribes assisted living facility, where she had been residing.

Ms Castillo Ramos is now the first person in Spain to die by euthanasia.

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On October 4, 2022, after taking cocaine, she jumped from a fifth-floor window of an apartment building, according to legal rulings.

The impact left her paralysed from the waist down with a severe spinal cord injury.

Ms Castillo Ramos identified the attacks she suffered as the turning point that led to her suicide attempt.

Her father, Geronimo Castillo, had fought through every level of Spain's judicial system to prevent the procedure, ultimately reaching the Constitutional Court before taking his case to Strasbourg.

Anyone who is in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide can call the Samaritans anonymously for free from a UK phone on 116 123 or go to samaritans.org.

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