The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Cyprus’ law enforcement authorities failed to live up to their obligation to thoroughly and effectively investigate a British teenager’s claims that she had been gang-raped by a group of Israelis while

The woman was 19 when she reported being raped by 12 men at her hotel in Ayia Napa. But after she retracted her report - which she said she was forced to do - she was convicted of "public mischief".

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Cyprus authorities failed to effectively investigate a British teen's 2019 gang-rape allegations. The ruling highlighted flaws in consent determination, bias against women,

The woman was 19 in the summer of 2019 when she claims she was raped by 12 Israeli men at a hotel in the party resort of Ayia Napa. The men denied the claims. The woman's lawyer has told Sky News he welcomes a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights.

However, after hours of police interrogation without legal representation, she retracted her statement - which she later said she had done under duress. In its ruling, the ECHR agreed with "X" that Cyprus had breached its obligations to effectively investigate and prosecute her allegations.

Cypriot authorities were guilty of bias and victim-blaming in failing to investigate a British teenager's gang-rape allegation against Israeli tourists in 2019, the European Court of Human Rights found on Thursday.

Cypriot authorities mishandled their investigation into the case of a British woman who was found guilty of lying about a gang rape attack before her conviction was overturned, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has concluded.

Then-19-year-old found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa before conviction overturned at Cyprus’s supreme court