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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nNoelia 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe hospital confirmed her death took place at the Sant Pere de Ribes assisted living facility, where she had been residing.\n\nMs Castillo Ramos is now the first person in Spain to die by euthanasia.\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOn October 4, 2022, after taking cocaine, she jumped from a fifth-floor window of an apartment building, according to legal rulings.\n\nThe impact left her paralysed from the waist down with a severe spinal cord injury.\n\nMs Castillo Ramos identified the attacks she suffered as the turning point that led to her suicide attempt.\n\nHer 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.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**_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._**\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW_**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Spanish gang-rape victim dies by euthanasia after father's legal challenge fails"
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