Appeal launched in Cyprus rape case
The British woman who received a suspended sentence after being convicted of lying about being raped in Cyprus has launched an appeal.
The 19-year-old woman went to police to report she was assaulted by a group of Israeli tourists in Ayia Napa last July but ended up being charged with public nuisance after retracting her statement.
She received a suspended sentence earlier this month and has since flown home.
She claims Cypriot police forced her to change her story after being detained for seven hours without a lawyer and translator.
Her appeal against the public mischief conviction was submitted to the Supreme Court of Cyprus on Thursday.
Appeal co-ordinator Michael Polak from Justice Abroad, said grounds of appeal are ‘strong’.
See also: Cyprus faces tourism boycott
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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