AS IT’S REVEALED Our hols ended in rape hell... where was the help?

TWO women raped on holiday are calling for far more help and support from the Government.

Both Natasha Golding and Lauren Walsh went through hell at the hands of their attackers.

But were then frustrated and angered by a seeming lack of guidance from the Foreign Office to pursue their cases.

The pair, who had to find their ways through foreign justice systems, had an emotional meeting in Manchester.

Their experiences are becoming depressingly familiar.

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At least 315 Britons reported being raped abroad last year, according to Foreign Office figures. That is a 44.5 per cent increase on 2016.

Yet the number of those cases successfully convicted is believed to be extremely low.

Now legal consultant Natasha, 43, believes there should be reliable translators for attacked women as well as a global 24-hour freephone helpline.

Senior marketing executive Lauren, 25, of Preston, Lancs, was just 17 when she was gang-raped in 2011 in a busy foam- filled nightclub in Magaluf, Majorca.when she reported it to staff she was ushered out the back. They did not offer to report it to police and she was left to walk alone to her hotel.

The next day the club said there was no CCTV footage of the incident. She knows her chances of justice now are unlikely but believes the British government could have done e more.

She had private counselling ounselling back home but despite online research couldn’t find how to carry on her case.

She said: “Considering ring we have this culture of Metoo these e days you’d think things would have evolved. lved. Clearly not.

“Women who are raped aped deserve justice, whenever it happens, ppens, and they deserve the support of f our Government