Cyprus police say they will review whether mistakes were made after a young British woman was cleared of falsely claiming she was gang-raped by 12 Israeli tourists in 2019.
On Monday, the Cyprus Supreme Court quashed the conviction against the woman, who had been found guilty of public mischief after her rape accusation. The court said the young woman was put through a trial process that was “manifestly unfair.”
Michael Polak, the lawyer who coordinated the appeal against the woman’s conviction, has called for the case to be reopened and demanded an inquiry into what went wrong.
Cypriot police spokesperson Christos Andreou tells state broadcaster CyBC that the authorities are studying the court decision.
He says the police are “not infallible,” but they did follow procedures outlined by the courts. Andreou says the police will examine whether “mistakes or omissions” had been made during the case investigation.
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