Article 5VKVY UK woman accused of making up Cyprus gang-rape claims has conviction quashed

UK woman accused of making up Cyprus gang-rape claims has conviction quashed

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Helena Smith
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Cypriot supreme court throws out case, acknowledging 21-year-old was not given fair trial two years ago

A British woman found guilty of fabricating a claim that she was gang-raped in a holiday resort in Cyprus has been vindicated after the island's supreme court overturned the conviction.

Two years after the then teenager received a suspended four-month sentence for fomenting public mischief, the court threw out the case, acknowledging she had not been given a fair trial.

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