5 Israeli males had been acquitted of all costs on Monday at a Cyprus courtroom over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old British lady.
Famagusta prison courtroom cleared the 5 defendants of two counts of rape, one depend of sexual abuse, one depend of compelled sexual activity, one depend of sexual harassment, and one depend of abduction.
She advised police she was sexually assaulted and raped by 5 Israeli nationals in September 2023. The 5 defendants had been Israeli males between the ages of 19 and 20 who come from the city of Majd al-Krum.
The trial started in October 2023 at Famagusta prison courtroom, simply north of Ayia Napa, the place the British lady reported the assault occurred.
They denied all costs.
In its choice, the courtroom mentioned the girl’s testimony was not credible, had inconsistencies and weaknesses the place it involved figuring out people and the actions they had been accused of.
The panel of three judges specified misidentification was “not irregular” in such circumstances however dominated her testimony had a number of contradictions.
The courtroom dominated her assertion the place she claimed she was dragged from a celebration of 100 folks was not convincing, as a good friend testified seeing her merely go upstairs to a room with one other particular person.
Whereas lab exams confirmed the girl had consumed vital quantities of alcohol and was additionally beneath the affect of narcotics (MDA and MDMA), the courtroom dominated this was to not a level that will deprive her of the power to consent to intercourse – since she herself mentioned she felt solely “barely dizzy” on the time.
The courtroom additionally decided that her declare that she shouted for assist throughout the alleged gang rape was not convincing as two people from the adjoining room mentioned they heard nothing.
It specified that the girl advised a police officer that she had non consensual intercourse with one particular person, however in subsequent statements modified it to 2.
The judges mentioned in her first assertion, she reported sexual acts had been carried out by three people towards her whereas figuring out 5 males within the room. In her subsequent assertion she reported 5 males of finishing up sexual acts.
The courtroom additionally concluded it couldn’t be safely decided whether or not abrasions discovered on the girl’s physique weren’t sustained earlier and should have been a results of consensual intercourse.
A part of the trial was held behind closed doorways.
