FIVE men accused of abducting and gang-raping a British tourist in Ayia Napa have been acquitted.
The men, all aged 19 or 20, were charged by Cypriot cops after a “highly-distressed” woman, 20, said she was violently sexually attacked.
She told cops she was taken “by force” to a hotel room by at least five Israeli men on September 3, 2023.
But the five have now been acquitted with all the charges dismissed, including two counts of rape.
The court said the woman’s account “lacked coherence and contained numerous substantial contradictions”.
The woman’s claim of being kidnapped was deemed not credible due to the presence of over 100 witnesses, including her close friend, whose testimony contradicted her version of events at a pool party, as reported by Philenews.
According to the judge, the assertion that she was shouting for help during the alleged incident was refuted by witnesses from an adjacent room, who were identified as being in a position to hear any cries for help.
The five individuals who were acquitted in this case are Arab-Israelis from a town near Acre and were brought before a panel of three judges in the Famagusta district court in Cyprus.
They claim they had “consensual sex”
Michael Polak, who heads the UK-based legal aid group Justice Abroad, told The Sun in 2023: “The young lady in this case is determined to make sure that justice is done.
“It was a horrifically violent incident and she wants to make sure that no one else suffers the same again.”
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