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Rape ruling

A CYPRIOT court’s conviction of a young British woman for lying about being gangraped by Israeli tourists was a miscarriage of justice, lawyers appealing the ruling said Thursday.

The unnamed woman, who was 18 at the time of her arrest, alleged she was raped by up to 12 Israelis in a hotel in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa in July 2019.

A district court in January 2020 convicted her of causing public mischief and handed her a four-month jail term, suspended for three years.

The Briton, now aged 21, was not in attendance as her defence team launched the appeal before the Supreme Court in Nicosia.

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