The Criminal Court’s announcement notes that the version of the complainant had no consistency and contained many essential contradictions.
The Famagusta Criminal Court on Monday announced the acquittal of all the accusations of the five defendants, who were accused of abduction, rape or other acts of sexual abuse against a woman, as the decision was reported, the complainant’s testimony.
Based on clarifications taken by the CPC from a competent police source, the case concerns a 20 -year -old English complaint against five Israelis reported on September 3, 2023 in Ayia Napa.
In its announcement, the Criminal Court states that after a hearing that was partially closed by the doors, it relieved and acquitted the defendants one to 5, compared to all the categories they faced, which involved two categories of rape, one category of sexual abuse, one category of sexual abuse. harassment and finally a category of kidnapping.
The Criminal Court’s announcement states that the Court emphasized from the outset that despite the fact that the complainant’s testimony had inherent weaknesses on the issue of identifying and identifying persons by acts, however, the Criminal Court, in mind that it is not the case, Criminal Court explained that its credibility would not be mechanically controlled by reference to the issue of recognition but also to the essence of the events that the complainant narrated stripped, first of all, identification with persons, so as to control its credibility.
Furthermore, in the announcement of the Criminal Court, it is noted that, as the evaluation of the testimony emerged, the version of the complainant had no consistency and contained many essential contradictions.
In particular, the Criminal Court found a contradiction in the testimony of the complainant in relation to the unquestionable testimony of the police officer in the way the procedure was carried out, while more contradictions found in relation to the recognitions made by the complainant themselves.
The Criminal Court also notes that although it was noted by the Court that such contradictions are not paradoxical to happen, however, what infiltrated the doubts about the credibility of the complainant were the notable and all -in -one explanations that they could attempt to give in relation to which made these contradictory references in relation to recognitions.
The Criminal Court states that in addition, along with the above it was taken into account and that the complainant was in accordance with the exams of the State Chemistry under the influence of a significant amount of alcohol as well as a Class A (MDA and MDMA), but not such an extent that it would remove it itself.
Source: KYPE