Police Drive additionally makes errors, spokesman says about British lady’s gang rape case

The Police Drive additionally makes errors, their spokesman stated on Wednesday when requested to touch upon the Supreme Courtroom’s overturning of a controversial conviction of a British lady gang-raped in Ayia Napa in 2019.

However they should first examine Monday’s high Courtroom determination intimately and in addition focus on it with the Lawyer Basic’s Workplace earlier than their subsequent step is introduced, Christos Andreou additionally stated.

The then 19-yer-old lady was accused by Famagusta District Courtroom of constructing up the rape claims by a dozen Israelis vacationing on the time within the well-known for partying coastal resort.

Her British but in addition Cypriot protection attorneys have made clear they  would now attempt to unravel why authorities did not “successfully examine” the rape claims.

The Derbyshire teenager retracted the allegation after being held with out a lawyer, and was then tried and convicted of inflicting public mischief.

There was no feminine officer current, which is normal observe in most international locations, when questioning an alleged rape sufferer, her protection workforce additionally stated.

Not solely was zero sensitivity proven to the teenage lady however the police appeared to have handled her because the offender, they added.

The Israeli males and boys arrested over the incident, aged between 15 and 20 on the time, denied any wrongdoing, have been freed and returned residence.

The younger lady was handed a suspended sentence in January 2020 and flew residence to the UK instantly afterwards.

An attraction listening to was then held on the Supreme Courtroom on September 16, 2021.