Cyprus authorities ‘failed’ to properly investigate gang rape case, court finds

Screengrab taken from video of a British teenager, who cannot be named, and her mother, left, leaving Famagusta District Court during the previous trial (PA) - (PA Archive)

Cypriot authorities “failed” to properly investigate the case of a British woman who had her conviction for lying about being gang raped overturned, a court has found.

The woman, who was 18 at the time of the alleged incident, told Cypriot police she had been raped by several Israeli men in Ayia Napa in July 2019.