{"id":26224,"date":"2023-10-05T06:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26224"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:44:04","slug":"israelis-accused-of-raping-british-tourist-go-on-trial-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/10\/05\/israelis-accused-of-raping-british-tourist-go-on-trial-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Israelis accused of raping British tourist go on trial in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five Israeli men have gone on trial in Cyprus, charged with the gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman last month.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The alleged attack is said to have taken place at a hotel in Ayia Napa, a popular tourist resort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A packed courtroom in Famagusta, just north of Ayia Napa, was filled with relatives of the defendants who turned up in a show of support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The defendants are all aged 19 or 20 and come from the Israeli Arab town of Majd al-Krum. They deny the charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At the hearing on Thursday, their lawyers complained that they had not yet seen key evidence, including the DNA report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One claimed the report could show his two clients were not in the room at the time of the alleged attack on 3 September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The state prosecutor said the DNA report would be ready by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After the hearing was adjourned, the defendants’ families rushed to embrace them, with one of the men visibly crying as he hugged his mother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A former Cypriot MP, Skevi Koukouma, also attended the hearing with members of a leading women’s movement, Pogo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Koukouma said they were there to send a message that “victims should feel they can speak out and can be believed”. “They are not alone,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The trial will resume on 16 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Israel’s foreign ministry initially said six citizens had been arrested over the alleged attack.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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