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Helen William

Briton `distraught’ after Cyprus court acquits five men accused of raping her

The police van carrying the five Israelis who are accused of raping a British woman (Petros Karadjias/AP) - (AP)

A British tourist is “really shocked, sad and distraught” after charges against the five Israeli men she accused of gang-raping her in a hotel were dropped by a court in Cyprus, her lawyer has said.

On Monday, a three-member Assize court, sitting as a district court in Paralimni, ruled the testimony of the 20-year-old had not been credible as it “lacked coherence and contained numerous substantial contradictions”, The Guardian reported.

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