Article 5VMYC Cypriot police urged to reinvestigate gang rape of British woman

Cypriot police urged to reinvestigate gang rape of British woman

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Helena Smith
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Student found to not have had a fair trial two years after being wrongly convicted for making up allegation

Authorities in Cyprus are being urged to launch a fresh inquiry into a gang rape complaint by a British woman after the country's supreme court acquitted her of fabricating the claim that she had been sexually assaulted at a holiday resort.

The 21-year-old's legal team said it was incumbent on the island's police force to reopen the investigation in the wake of the landmark ruling. It's our next big battle," said the human rights lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou.

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