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5 Israelis plead not guilty to charges of raping a British woman in a Cyprus hotel room
NICOSIA: 5 Israelis accused of gang raping a British girl in a Cyprus lodge room pleaded not responsible on Monday to all costs in opposition to them, together with rape, sexual assault and abduction, an official stated.
The Famagusta District felony courtroom in Cyprus scheduled the trial to renew on Dec. 18, when police investigators will testify for the prosecution.
Three of the 5 defendants appeared at Monday’s listening to with one lawyer as a substitute of the 2 who had beforehand represented them, the official stated on situation of anonymity as a result of he wasn’t licensed to talk about the case publicly.
The opposite two defendants modified attorneys earlier this month.
The defendants entered their pleas after the prosecution handed their legal professionals key materials together with DNA exams, fingerprints and witness testimony.
A police investigator stated final month that the 20-year-old British girl picked the 5 Israelis – three aged 19 and two aged 20 – out of a lineup as having raped her throughout a lodge pool social gathering within the coastal resort city of Ayia Napa.
The lady informed police that one of many 5 males had forcibly taken her to his room after grabbing her hand whereas she was partying with mates across the pool on Sept. 3.
She stated the person tried to take away her bathing swimsuit whereas she pleaded with him to let her depart. The opposite suspects then entered the room and one had intercourse together with her in opposition to her will and one other pressured her to carry out oral intercourse, whereas two others held her down on the mattress, she stated.
She stated one suspect additionally held her in opposition to a wall and had intercourse together with her.
She stated she managed to lock herself within the toilet and started shouting for assist. She was capable of flee the room by pushing the suspects apart and rejoined her mates, who went together with her to report the incident to police, she stated.
Ayia Napa is well-liked amongst younger vacationers from throughout Europe who get pleasure from its nightclubs, bars, white-sand seashores and energetic nightlife.
The Famagusta District felony courtroom in Cyprus scheduled the trial to renew on Dec. 18, when police investigators will testify for the prosecution.
Three of the 5 defendants appeared at Monday’s listening to with one lawyer as a substitute of the 2 who had beforehand represented them, the official stated on situation of anonymity as a result of he wasn’t licensed to talk about the case publicly.
The opposite two defendants modified attorneys earlier this month.
The defendants entered their pleas after the prosecution handed their legal professionals key materials together with DNA exams, fingerprints and witness testimony.
A police investigator stated final month that the 20-year-old British girl picked the 5 Israelis – three aged 19 and two aged 20 – out of a lineup as having raped her throughout a lodge pool social gathering within the coastal resort city of Ayia Napa.
The lady informed police that one of many 5 males had forcibly taken her to his room after grabbing her hand whereas she was partying with mates across the pool on Sept. 3.
She stated the person tried to take away her bathing swimsuit whereas she pleaded with him to let her depart. The opposite suspects then entered the room and one had intercourse together with her in opposition to her will and one other pressured her to carry out oral intercourse, whereas two others held her down on the mattress, she stated.
She stated one suspect additionally held her in opposition to a wall and had intercourse together with her.
She stated she managed to lock herself within the toilet and started shouting for assist. She was capable of flee the room by pushing the suspects apart and rejoined her mates, who went together with her to report the incident to police, she stated.
Ayia Napa is well-liked amongst younger vacationers from throughout Europe who get pleasure from its nightclubs, bars, white-sand seashores and energetic nightlife.
