Three Leicester City footballers remained in a Spanish jail today as investigations continued into allegations of sexual assault on three women in a hotel.
Keith Gillespie, Paul Dickov and Frank Sinclair each face a charge of "sexual aggression with penetration, which would mean rape", a British official said.
They were remanded in custody on Friday by an investigating judge, Cartagena court officials said. The three also face charges of forced entry, understood to relate to a hotel room.
A group of men were said to have barged into a room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the upmarket La Manga sports resort and attacked the women, leaving them with multiple injuries.
A number of other Leicester City players who were also arrested over the allegations arrived back in the UK on Friday night after being released by the Spanish court.
Among them were club captain Matt Elliott, Frenchman Lilian Nalis and James Scowcroft. All three were released on Friday, with Scowcroft ordered to pay 20,000 euros (£13,300) bail and attend a Spanish consulate twice a month.
A further two players, Nikos Dabizas and Danny Coyne, were "provisionally released" following a hearing on Thursday, and a ninth player, Steffen Freund, was released earlier without charge.
Leicester City manager Micky Adams refused to speak to waiting reporters at Luton Airport as his players were ushered by police into a waiting minibus.
The struggling Premiership club had flown its players to Spain for a warm weather break as they prepared to battle against possible relegation from the Barclaycard Premiership.
The incident has thrown the club into crisis with the prospect of having to play crucial matches without some key players and has further mired the reputation of English football in sleaze and scandal.