Briton let down in Cyprus gang rape case, judges say

Cypriot authorities mishandled their probe into the lawsuit of a British pistillate who was recovered blameworthy of allegedly lying astir a pack rape onslaught earlier her condemnation was overturned, the European Court of Human Rights has concluded.

The woman, past 19, told Cypriot constabulary she had been raped successful Ayia Napa successful July 2019 but retracted the allegation aft being held without a lawyer.

The Court recovered "the Cypriot authorities failed successful their work to efficaciously analyse the applicant's ailment of rape and to follow a victim‑sensitive attack erstwhile doing so".

It awarded the Derbyshire pistillate €20,000 successful damages and €5,000 successful costs.

The pistillate primitively told constabulary she had been raped by 12 Israeli men and boys

After the retraction she was tried and convicted of causing nationalist mischief and fixed a suspended 4 period sentence.

This was overturned astatine the Supreme Court successful Cyprus successful 2022 on the grounds the archetypal condemnation for nationalist mischief was unsafe.

The lawsuit outraged women's rights campaigners who felt the pistillate had been treated similar the accused alternatively than a victim.

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