Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist

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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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Justice. If thats what you got for raping underage girls in the states as punishment, I doubt Chris Hansen and PJ would have jobs;)
 
Rock on sister. If I could have my rapist on fire I'd do it a hott second. The sick SOB. I think this should be the punishment for all rapist. Trial by burning.
 
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[quote name='bobo2k4']He deserves it but that was dangerous for everyone around him.[/quote]
 
Good. He deserved it. Justice is served. Rapists deserve the death penalty, IMO.

[quote name='JJSP']A three-day pass? Brilliant.[/quote]

Nice goin', Spanish legal system. That just blows my mind.

[quote name='AceSXE']hmmm talk about cruel and unusual...[/quote]

Ask the girl if being raped was cruel and unusual.
 
I'm pretty sure I thought I heard/read about this story before.

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Knew it sounded familiar, should have clicked on the link....from 05
 
[quote name='bardockkun']That guy had it coming.[/quote]

pretty much and if crimes of this nature were dealt with more harshly people would think twice before doing it. i dont think anyone would think twice before avenging someone of their own whod been raped.
 
Good for her! I don't know if there are jury trials in Spain, but I can't see any jury convicting her after being provoked like that.
 
He deserved it (even if he didn't taunt her) but I wouldn't say she deserves a free pass just because there were other people in that bar.
 
[quote name='lilboo']I thought my mom was bad ass for raping my gloating rapist, but this is awesome![/quote]


did that actually happen to you ?
 
[quote name='Hostile']He deserved it (even if he didn't taunt her) but I wouldn't say she deserves a free pass just because there were other people in that bar.[/quote]

Agreed. Even if vigilante justice is morally justifiable it's still a crime. A conviction would be called for but hopefully with a somewhat lenient sentence.
 
fuck rapist. If only there was a way it would have inflicted more pain....if there is a god he should have made his presence known by making a salt truck crash into this guy.
 
[quote name='lilboo']yeah :([/quote]


sorry to hear that man. thats one of those crimes ive always felt should be penalized by death . that and child molestation. im glad you at least got some measure of revenge.
 
[quote name='punkmaggit']He asked for it when he said "How's your daughter?". fucking A[/quote]

This children, is why it's mean to gloat. Back to class everyone, it's sex ed. ;)
 
What would any of you say if a relative of this guy killed her. Murderers surely deserve a fitting punishment as well.

Now excuse me while I put my flame resistant clothes on.
 
[quote name='Ziv']What would any of you say if a relative of this guy killed her. Murderers surely deserve a fitting punishment as well.

Now excuse me while I put my flame resistant clothes on.[/quote]

I get where you're coming from but if you take the motivation of the acts back to the root (rape) he brought in on himself. Like I said earlier, vigilante justice is still a crime (justifiably so) but considering the mother's motive it's understandable. The guy's relatives could be worked up about his death but if they're decent, thinking people of any kind there would be no call for a vengeful act from them as they realize none of this would have occurred if not for his original crime.
 
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