The trial in the case of a 19-year-old British woman accused of public damage after a false allegation of rape by 12 Israelis continued today before the Famagusta District Court.
The representative of the Accusing Authority A.D. After interrogating the accused, she said, among other things, that on July 27, when she was taken by two police officers from her hotel in the Famagusta Police Station to give additional testimony, she went because she had to go, that her two interrogators they constantly asked questions and "wrote down what they thought" and how she finally signed the specific deposit and then her voluntary deposit.
She also said investigators were asking her about her personal life in Britain, the reasons she came to Ayia Napa, how and when she met the Israelis and the night of July 17 when she was raped.
In other questions, she responded that she felt that the investigator in the case "was aggressive" with her and that during her stay at the Police Station on the night of July 27, her mother was contacting the British Police and the British High Commission by telephone and He himself felt that if they were involved in the case, there would be "serious consequences".
She said she was concerned about everything that had happened to her mother and that "if I had not signed my will, the Police would have arrested me and I felt threatened by my life."
The 19-year-old responded negatively to Mr. Demosthenous' submission that if her mother went to the Police Station she would find out about her lie and the situation she created with her imaginary rape and it would fall on her eyes.
Asked if she had any expectations that her mother would not find out what happened on the night of July 17, the 19-year-old replied that "this is not true".
Asked if she felt her life was in danger, the defendant replied that "I felt that my life was in danger because M.X., the investigator in the case, was not following the law. He thought there was corruption and conspiracy by me and my friends and I couldn't get over it. It would not surprise me when we were alone, that the said investigator would kidnap me and kill me ", he said characteristically.
She also said that the police were not interested in getting her mobile phone where there were messages between her and the Israelis who were harassing her, as she said.
The spokesman for the prosecution told the 19-year-old that all this was done to make a good defense and to create the impression that she was in a situation under pressure and unsuitable for her testimony.
The defendant responded in the negative, adding that "I really felt threatened by my life. I had in mind that the Police is the Authority and it would protect me, but something did not happen, "he said, noting that" the police were strange and bizarre. "
In another submission, a spokesman for the prosecution said the 19-year-old did not want to reveal to her mother the trouble she was involved in. She said her mother "knew she was involved, that she had a law degree and knew the police could arrest someone." without justification. "
When the spokesperson of the accused authority submitted that the reason why the Police suspected her was because she gave false statements about a fantastic crime, she said that "they never told me such a thing".
In another submission that based on what she said in court, she has an academic background and nevertheless signed arrest warrants without knowing what they were writing, the defendant said she was 18 years old "academically educated at the University, I did not know life and I was infinite".
Regarding the written messages she sent on the night of July 27 to her mother, Rebecca's friend and Jacob's friend, the representative of the accused authority told her that specific messages were selectively submitted to the Court, in order to create impressions with the 19-year-old. to answer that her lawyers prepared the case and not herself.
Asked if she had told police and social workers that she had been raped when she was 13 years old by a very friendly person, she said no, adding that "there was no such thing as a rape at that age. I was not in a hurry until I came to Ayia Napa, "she said, noting that at the age of 13 she had post-traumatic stress disorder because she had a dangerous accident with her horse and had to be killed.
Asked if the police lied about her being raped at the age of 13, the 19-year-old replied that such a thing had not happened and that she did not know where the issue came from.
The representative of the accused authority continued to tell you that the suspicions were reported to you by the Police about the imaginary crime you reported and your excuse was that you revived memories of the past with the Israelis, while when your interrogator asked for the details of your psychologist at Britain, you told him you lied. "
The defendant replied that she had reported to investigators that she was taking medication for post-traumatic stress disorder.
In another submission, a spokesman for the prosecution said that while he had been raped, that is, a hard case had been filed, he had easily filed a willful testimony and called such a serious incident. The 19-year-old said that "the investigator spent the whole night of July 27 threatening me and my friends".
Asked by a spokeswoman for the indictment, the defendant said she met Rebecca's friend six days before July 17, that she was taking several medications, including HIV, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and post-traumatic stress disorder drugs prescribed by her. her psychologist in Britain and that the last time she saw her was January-February 2019.
Asked if she took drugs on July 17, the 19-year-old said no, adding that "I never took it in my life."
Regarding the videos taken on the controversial night of July 17 by Israelis, the 19-year-old said that she asked the Investigator to see them because when he told her that she was shown to have consensual sex, she did not believe that it was true, and that "she was raped but The police said that was a lie. "
In his submission, the representative of the accused authority stated that "no threat, pressure, promise or aggressive behavior was shown by the Police" against her on the night of 27 July "the defendant replied that" on that particular night I was 100% terrorized for my life ".
The friend of the accused Rebecca, who in her main examination stated, among other things, that she comes from Yorkshire, Britain, is a psychology graduate, that she met the 19-year-old at the airport when they came to Cyprus and that they lived together in the same room. hotel for two and a half weeks.
She also said she was in Britain when her defendant sent "very disturbing messages" late on the night of July 27, that she was very worried about their friend Jacob in Ayia Napa and that she had testified about the 19-year-old's allegations of gang rape. her, the interrogator took her.
Commenting on the indictment, the witness said that the messages sent to her by the accused were "worrying" and said that the police forced her to give a false statement, that if she did not give a voluntary statement they would arrest her and that the 19-year-old did it. to believe through her messages that "she was in a life-threatening situation."
She also said that she offered to come from Britain to testify at the trial and that the expenses of the trip and the accommodation were borne by the family of the accused.
The 19-year-old's defense attorney then filed a written lawsuit with the court seeking a teleconference with the accused's psychologist in Britain.
The President of the Court said that there is no device or machine for such a thing in the District Court of Famagusta, that there is such a machine in the Court of Larnaca and that it would take time to prepare a teleconference, since specific actions had to be taken beforehand.
The hearing will continue tomorrow with the speech of the representative of the Accused Authority at the request of the defense attorney for a teleconference.
Source: KYPE