A British woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus is said to be "anxious but upbeat" ahead of her appeal at the country's Supreme Court.

Reuters

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British woman files appeal against Cyprus 'fake rape' conviction

Her legal team says she retracted the rape allegation while under extreme pressure from police.

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Cyprus gang rape case: Woman appeals against conviction for lying

Lawyers for a British woman sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence for making up claims that she was gang raped by as many as a dozen Israelis during a vacation in Cyprus in 2019 are appealing to the country’s Supreme Court to overturn the conviction.  A legal team is arguing at Thursday’s hearing that the lower court shouldn’t have admitted the woman’s written retraction of the rape claims as evidence because investigators obtained it aft…

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Cyprus top court weighs Briton's false rape claim conviction

Now 21-year-old woman’s legal team will launch appeal at country’s Supreme Court on Thursday

The Independent

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London

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British woman could have Cyprus rape claim conviction quashed, lawyers say

NICOSIA - A British woman convicted for falsely claiming gang rape in Cyprus has filed an appeal to the island's Supreme Court, seeking to clear her name. The woman received a suspended four-month prison sentence in January 2020 in a case which sparked concern from Britain and activists about her treatment by Cyprus authorities. Lawyers for the defendant, who cannot be named for legal

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A British women, from Derby, who claims she was pressured by police to withdraw her rape allegation was handed a suspended jail sentence last year after she was found guilty of public mischief

Daily Mirror

Reach plc

Brit guilty of lying about gang-rape in Cyprus hoping to overturn conviction

A British woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus is said to be “anxious but upbeat” ahead of her appeal at the country’s Supreme Court.

Irish Independent

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Ireland

UK woman (21) convicted over Cyprus rape claim ‘anxious but upbeat’ as appeal starts

Lawyers for a British woman sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence for making up claims that she was gang raped by as many as a dozen Israelis during a vacation in Cyprus in 2019 are appealing to the country’s Supreme Court to overturn the conviction

The Washington Post

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LAWYERS  for a British woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus say they hope the conviction could be overturned within a month.The then 19-year-old, from Derby, was handed a suspended four-month jail term last year by a judge who found her guilty of public mischief following a trial.The SunLawyers for a woman found guilty of of making up a rape in Ayia Napa hope her conviction can be overturned[/caption]
She told a court how…

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Ayia Napa Brit found guilty of making up rape to have conviction overturned in month, lawyers say

The woman, 21, was given a suspended four-month jail term last year after she went to police alleging she had been attacked by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in Ayia Napa.

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UK woman convicted of lying about Cyprus rape claim 'upbeat' as appeal begins

Judges from the Supreme Court to consider whether to overturn the conviction, which activists call a 'travesty of justice'

Appeal for UK woman convicted over Cyprus rape claim

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