Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist

[keltic 1]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ing-rapist.html

By Peter Upton in Alicante

Last Updated: 11:48PM BST 25 Jun 2005

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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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ing-rapist.html

By Peter Upton in Alicante

Last Updated: 11:48PM BST 25 Jun 2005

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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Her mother is said to have suffered mental illness ever since.

Res ipsa Loquitur.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

[Pooky 3,786]

I cannot feel sympathy for the rapist. To taunt his victim's mother about the attack illustrates quite plainly that his stay in prison had done nothing to reform him. He showed no remorse for his crime.

I feel for the mother here. She is going to live with the knowledge that she killed a man for the rest of her days, along with knowing her daughter was raped. She will likely face prison time for her actions. This man has, by his actions, ruined the lives of a whole family.

Spain being a religious nation, perhaps the manner of his death will be a foretaste of what eternity holds for that sick sack of ****.

[Heracles 417]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

Edited February 26, 2009 by Mister Fancypants

[Waldo 0]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

He wont be raping anyone anytime soon, or do you think he was going to get better? My only regret is that she didn't use a slower more painful means of punishment.

[Heracles 417]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

I would like to see what you would say if someone did that to your spouse or your mother or you kid and then said the following:

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

[Pooky 3,786]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

He wont be raping anyone anytime soon, or do you think he was going to get better? My only regret is that she didn't use a slower more painful means of punishment.

11 days to die of third degree burns over 60% of his body is a pretty slow and extremely painful way to die. It's hard to think of a slower and more painful route.

[trinket 30]

I am wondering what happened to the mother as this article is around 3 years old.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

He wont be raping anyone anytime soon, or do you think he was going to get better? My only regret is that she didn't use a slower more painful means of punishment.

I didn't say that, did I? I said dousing someone with gasoline is horrible and wrong.

[Peikko 1,575]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

I would like to see what you would say if someone did that to your spouse or your mother or you kid and then said the following:

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

Why would you like to see that happen to anyone?

Seriously, totally messed up. No one in their right mind is going to feel 'sympathy' for the rapist but FanyPants is right, you can't allow the criminals to dictate how the just lead their lives.

Edited February 26, 2009 by Madame Cleo

[Waldo 0]

I know you didn't. It's ok and I understand your point of view. I am just a sick and wrong human that justifies my pathetic life by advocating the cruel and unusual punishment of others.

Like a train wreck there is nothing there I want to see but I just can't help starring!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

horrific...terrible and wrong.

For who the rapist?

Both acts. We have a single mother of 2 clinging to life because someone doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. I'm sure to the person who did it, felt justified. But imagine a world where justice is relative and vengeance killings were legal?

He wont be raping anyone anytime soon, or do you think he was going to get better? My only regret is that she didn't use a slower more painful means of punishment.

Of course.... the woman won't be lighting anyone else on fire with gasoline any time soon.

Her daughter was the victim of a shocking crime, but I guess the woman will get time to reflect in jail to reflect on whether an act of revenge years after the act is worth the price to her and her family.

She'll be done for murder.

Edited February 26, 2009 by Paul Daniels