Filenews 5 November 2020
A young British woman complains that in May 2019 she was raped by a hotel employee, where she was staying with her partner in Protaras, and that the Cypriot Police did not investigate the case.
The then 17-year-old woman claims she reported the incident to the Police and made a commitment that the complaint would be investigated while she returned to Scotland where she came from.
Three weeks later she contacted the British High Commission in Nicosia and was informed that the Police had not opened an investigation, as in the words of the police she had not requested this.
He then made a complaint about the incident to Police Scotland. According to the lawyers of justice abroad who have taken over the case, the Cypriot police "refuse" to investigate the case.
A statement from the Cypriot police published by the Sun newspaper in its report on the case stresses that the alleged incident was brought to the attention of the Police by the management of the hotel where the young woman was staying and that when she went to the police station on 8 May 2019 she did not make a formal complaint, did not want to give a written statement or conduct a police investigation.
Justice Abroad, which has notified the case in a press release, last year represented the 19-year-old British woman who had been sentenced to four months in prison on parole for public harm by the Famagusta District Court, following the withdrawal of a rape complaint in Ayia Napa by young Israelis.
The CYPE contacted the Police Press Office asking for his position.
According to the Press Office of the Police Headquarters, on 8 May 2019, it was reported to Paralimni Police Station by the Hotel Manager located in Protaras that an 18-year-old british girl who was on holiday with her partner met the hotel bartender.
According to the complaint, the girl said she left the hotel with the bartender and when she later met her partner, she told him that the person in question sexually harassed her.
Paralimni Police Station called the girl for a statement during which she reported and made an official signed statement, according to which she "does not wish to make a formal complaint or wish to prosecute the bartender, since she does not remember many things".
The hotel manager said he made recommendations to the bartender about the incident and eventually fired that employee.
According to the Press Office, for the Cyprus Police the case was closed and no other investigation was carried out.
At the same time, no information was received or any intervention was made on the matter either by the Embassy of Cyprus in Britain or by the police authorities of the country.
The CYPE also asked for the position of the British High Commission on the matter.
"We are aware of the case and are providing consular assistance to the girl.Because the case is being brought to justice we cannot say more," a spokesperson told THE CYPE.
Source: eyenews/KYPE
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