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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Ayia Napa: British woman wants fresh investigation after court rules she didn’t make up gang rape claims

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A British woman whose conviction over lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has been quashed now wants a fresh investigation into her case, her lawyers say.

The 21-year-old university student from Derbyshire was forced to spend four and a half weeks in a prison in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia during the summer of 2019 after alleging she was sexually assaulted by up to 12 young Israeli tourists in a hotel room in the party resort of Ayia Napa.

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