{"id":193241,"date":"2023-09-05T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=193241"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:24:38","slug":"briton-gang-raped-by-israelis-in-cyprus-was-dragged-into-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/briton-gang-raped-by-israelis-in-cyprus-was-dragged-into-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Briton 'gang raped by Israelis' in Cyprus 'was dragged' into hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"
A British girl who says she was gang raped by five Israeli men while on holiday in Cyprus has ‘bruises and injuries’ consistent with an attack, a leaked report has revealed.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, reported to authorities that he had been targeted last Sunday while in the party resort of Ayia Napa.<\/p>\n
Police immediately rounded up the five suspects after the woman had made a ‘concise and detailed’ complaint and officers also spoke with her friends.<\/p>\n
The case bears a harrowing similarity to one in the same report in 2019 and also involving a British girl who was gang raped by a group of Israelis.<\/p>\n
They were initially rounded up and later released with the victim from Derbyshire astonishingly being charged and later convicted with wasting police time.<\/p>\n
However, she later won her case on appeal and the offence was overturned on appeal by the Cyprus supreme Court after the story made headlines around the world.<\/p>\n
In the latest case, the MailOnline can exclusively reveal the incident took place at the three-star Fedrania Gardens Hotel after the girl was invited to a party there as she was staying elsewhere.<\/p>\n
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Tourists stand on a newly opened beach on October 9, 2020 in Famagusta, Cyprus (file image)<\/p>\n
The leaked report details her injury \u2013 including grip marks – and adds who she told police she was ‘forcefully dragged’ to a room at the hotel and attacked by the group.<\/p>\n
Officers are expected to examine CCTV from the hotel to verify her claims and a source said they would be keen to avoid any accusations of ‘brushing it under the carpet’.<\/p>\n
Sheets and clothing the girl and the group were wearing have been sent for forensic examination as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n
In her account the woman said: ‘At a certain point, they approached me and started flirting with me.’<\/p>\n
She goes on to say that two went up to a room with her where she was assaulted, and others followed her and she immediately reported the incident to hotel security staff.<\/p>\n
The group \u2013 who are all Arab-Israelis from the town of Majd-al Krum, ten miles from Acre \u2013 deny any wrong doing and insist the sexual encounter was consensual.<\/p>\n
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The case bears a harrowing similarity to one in the same report in 2019 and also involving a British girl who was gang raped by a group of Israelis. Some of the seven male Israeli tourists arrive to appear before Famagusta District Court in Paralimni, Cyprus, 26 July 2019<\/p>\n
Their lawyer, who also represented the previous group, Nir Yaslovitz, said:’The case is only the preliminary investigation stage, and at this point, I suggest we maintain composure before jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n
‘I intend to do everything in my power to secure their release from custody.’<\/p>\n
The men alleged between 19-20 years old have been remanded until a further hearing next week.<\/p>\n
A receptionist at the Fedrania Gardens told MailOnline: ‘We are not allowed to say anything. The girl wasn’t staying here that’s all I can say.’<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel executive director Orit Sulitzeanu said news of the suspected incident is part of a series of cases of group sexual abuse, which often involves filming of the event.<\/p>\n
She said:’This case is a warning for Israeli society because this is not an isolated case, but rather a dangerous phenomenon of group sexual abuse is developing here as part of the culture of recreation abroad, as happened in 2019 in Ayia Napa, about a month ago in Rhodes and in 2019 in Crete.<\/p>\n
‘The education system in Israel has a critical role in educating the youth for healthy sexuality and preventing sexual harm, to discuss what constitutes consent and, of course, the issue of photographing and distributing videos, which constitute a criminal offense.’<\/p>\n