Squaddies accused of offering a prostitute as ‘top prize’ in ‘appalling’ raffle

Spanish soldiers allegedly organised a raffle with a prostitute as the top prize, prompting an investigation by authorities, according to reports.

Messages from a WhatsApp group with around 70 troops from the El Bruc barracks in Barcelona were published in the Spanish press, leading to calls for an “urgent probe” from the city's mayor.

The Mirror reported the soldiers were automatically included in the raffle after paying 25 euros (£21.60) for a dinner to mark Immaculate Conception Day, a Bank Holiday in Spain.

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Photos of the escort being touted as the winning prize, with the services she offered, were reportedly published in the WhatsApp group.

A poster with pictures of her was also reportedly put up in the staff canteen.

The money raised in the raffle was due to go towards festivities organised during the year by the regiment at the centre of the scandal, which has been identified as I/63.

The authorities were alerted after one of the soldiers in the WhatsApp group turned whistleblower because of his disgust at what was being planned.

Barcelona Mayoress Ada Colau expressed her outrage as news of the sordid raffle went public and is now calling for an “urgent probe” over claims it represents an affront to the values of a public institution.

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She said: “As a woman and the mayoress of a proudly feminist city I feel there needs to be a profound change so these types of attitudes don’t have any place in a public institution.”

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska was questioned by journalists as he arrived for a Cabinet meeting and said: “I am unaware of the issue but it sounds appalling.

“If it happened as reported, it would be something I would condemn and like to see investigated.”

Army chiefs say they have informed state prosecutors so they can decide whether or not to launch a formal probe.

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