Cyprus court drops all rape charges against 5 Israelis after doubting British woman’s credibility
- A criminal court in Cyprus acquitted five Israeli men of rape-related charges on Monday after a trial that began in October 2023 at Famagusta criminal court.
- The charges stemmed from an incident on Sept. 3, 2023, in Ayia Napa where a British woman accused the men, aged 19 and 20, of gang-raping her in a hotel room after she was taken from a pool party.
- The court found the 20-year-old woman's testimony to be not credible due to fundamental contradictions and inconsistencies, particularly regarding the identification of the alleged perpetrators in a line-up.
- The woman stated that after being forcibly taken to a room, she was sexually assaulted and raped by the men, but lab tests showed she had consumed alcohol and narcotics , though the court determined that she was not deprived of her ability to consent.
- The Famagusta criminal court acquitted the men of rape, forced sexual intercourse, and abduction, noting contradictions between her claims of shouting for help and the testimony of witnesses in an adjacent room, while Justice Abroad is supporting the complainant who is reportedly distraught by the acquittal, which follows a condemnation of Cyprus by the European Court of Human Rights for failures in investigating a similar 2019 case.
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All charges against five Israeli men accused of gang raping Brit tourist are dropped in latest twist - The Mirror
The British woman said she was held down by two Israeli men while another had sex with her and another forced her to perform oral sex on him in her hotel room in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Five tourists accused of gang raping British woman in Ayia Napa hotel cleared after charges dropped
A criminal court in Cyprus has dropped all charges against five Israelis accused of gang-raping a British woman in a hotel room after ruling her testimony as not credible and replete with "fundamental contradictions".

Cyprus court drops all rape charges against 5 Israelis after doubting British woman's credibility
A Cyprus court has dropped all charges against five Israelis accused of gang-raping a British woman in a hotel room after ruling her testimony as not credible and replete with “fundamental contradictions.”
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