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Woman convicted of making false gang rape allegation seeks to overturn ruling

Woman convicted of making false gang rape allegation seeks to overturn ruling

The woman was tried in Cyprus last year and found guilty of lying about an alleged sexual assault by 12 Israeli tourists

September 17, 2021 15:47

This picture taken on July 30, 2019 shows a British teenager who accused seven Israelis of gang rape leaving the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus. - Initially, the 19-year-old woman had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular Ayia Napa resort on July 17. The young Israeli tourists were remanded in custody the next day. But hours before their second appearance in court five of them were released and sent home late the next day. (Photo by Matthieu CLAVEL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MATTHIEU CLAVEL/AFP via Getty Images)

ByMathilde Frot

1 min read

A British woman found guilty last year of concoting false gang rape claims against a dozen Israeli tourists has launched a legal bid to overturn her conviction.

The woman, who is now 21 and cannot be named publicly, alleged she was raped by the group while they were holidaying in Ayia Napa in Cyprus in July 2019.

She received a four-month suspended sentence last year after a court found her guilty of “public mischief”, ruling she had lied about the allegations.

But her legal team has argued that the retraction statement she signed last year was “unreliable” and should have been ruled inadmissible in court.