12 teenagers arrested over gang rape of British girl, 19, in Cyprus
TEENAGERS accused of gang-raping a 19-year- old British woman at a Cyprus resort covered their faces outside court yesterday.
The group of 12 Israelis aged between 15 and 18 are accused of holding down the victim, laughing and filming the assault on their phones.
The woman said she had been at a party with one of the men who she met three days earlier and had slept with on previous occasions, it was reported.
She agreed to go back to his room at the Ayia Napa resort at 12.30am on Wednesday, but once inside, 11 men rushed in and launched their attack, she said in her police complaint.
Court documents showed the woman suffered scratches to her legs that were ‘ the result of trauma’. Famagusta, The which court was held hearing behind in closed doors because some of the teenagers are under 18, ruled that they should be remanded in custody for eight days while DNA evidence is analysed.
Three of those under arrest have admitted to having sex with the woman, according to Israel’s Channel 12, but all of them say it was done ‘with consent and love’. The other nine deny having anything to do with the attack, the station added. Lawyer Ioannis Habaris, who represents four of the suspects, said prosecutors informed the court that the woman was raped but that it was unclear exactly how implicated. ‘some many evidence’ of He the the said suspects alleged there victim were was was with involved one of the in suspects. a ‘relationship’ Ayia Napa is popular with younger tourists for its vibrant nightlife. In 2016, British tourist George Low, 22, was stabbed to death at a bar in the resort town after getting into a fight.