London, Thanasis Gavos
The young British woman who was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Nicosia after the overturning of the first instance verdict and the suspended prison sentence for causing public harm after a false accusation, regarding the gang rape of 17 Israelis in 12 Israelis, expresses relief June 2019.
The young woman had signed a statement withdrawing the initial complaint, but following police pressure, as she has complained. Then there was a clearly discriminatory trial against her, as her lawyers had argued from the beginning, citing the aggressive attitude of the president of the Famagusta District Court.
A statement issued by her mother, quoted by the British media, said: “It is with great relief that we hear that the authorities in Cyprus have acknowledged the errors in their legal process. “While this verdict does not justify the way it was treated by the police or the judge or the authorities, it brings with it the hope that my daughter’s martyrdom will bring at least positive changes in the way victims of crime are treated.”
The statement added that if justice is to be done, those in charge will have to gather the evidence collected in Cyprus and manage it as it should have been done from the beginning.
The Guardian newspaper stressed that the Supreme Court recognized that the young British woman did not receive a fair trial in the first instance.
The newspaper quotes British lawyer Michael Pollack from the Justice Abroad organization, which coordinated the appeal process against the verdict. “It’s a landmark moment. “Not only for our client who always supported her innocence, even when it caused her the discomfort of not being able to return home during the long court proceedings, but also for others around the world in similar situations,” he said. Mr. Polak.
The same lawyer told Sky News that the family of the 21-year-old girl from Darby today is very happy and that it is an emotionally charged moment for them. “It’s a great moment for the family and they went through a lot to prove her innocence,” Polak said.
He added that he would immediately request a “proper investigation” into the alleged rape by a different police department in Cyprus and that he hoped that the authorities “would do the right thing”.
However, the Daily Mail cites a Cypriot police source who seems to rule out a re-examination of the case, saying “as far as we are concerned, a case is closed”.
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