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A doctor on defense in British law in Cyprus: "There is no doubt that she experienced rape" - Walla! news

2019-12-06T19:56:53.294Z


Contrary to police testimony sent to the accused in a false complaint of group rape in Cyprus, the expert witness claimed that she had experienced violence from another person and that physical signs were identified ...


A doctor on defense in British law in Cyprus: "There is no doubt that she experienced rape"

Contrary to police testimony, to which the accused was falsely sent for group rape in Cyprus, the expert witness claimed that she had experienced violence from another person and that physical signs of rape had been identified. Next week, the parties will present a summary of their position with the maximum possible sentence expected of them on prison year

A doctor on defense in British law in Cyprus: "There is no doubt that she experienced rape"

A defense expert on Friday testified at the trial of the 19-year-old young British citizen accused of making a false complaint about group rape by young Israeli youth in Cyprus, expressing her opinion that she had experienced rape. This, contrary to a doctor's testimony, was sent to the police by the police, who determined last week that there was "no rape, no violence."

The incident took place this morning, July 17, at the Napa Pambus Rox Hotel in the resort town of Ayia Napa. The young woman complained that she had been raped by a gang of Israeli boys, they were arrested, questioned and released and she found herself on trial for false complaint. Ten days later, during a scathing nighttime investigation, she admitted to filing the complaint and returning it. Then, too late, she regretted it. Last week, the court also decided that this confession in vain was admissible.

On Tuesday, she testified for nearly two hours and strongly reiterated her claim of being raped. Today, in the Famagusta District Court in a city of Perlimani, near the resort town of Ayia Napa, the forensic expert witness was named Dr. Marius Meteskis, a citizen of Cyprus whose studies he did in England, Scotland and Greece and who is a member of the House of Representatives in Cyprus and the European Parliament.

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The British young woman arrives in Cyprus with her mother on November 28, 2019 (Photo: Yoav Itiel, official website)

He claimed that the doctor, Dr. Sophocles Sophocleus, who, at the request of the police, examined the young woman the next morning after the rape, devised an incomplete report and found from photos and tests that the young woman was "clearly not in good shape, with a large number of external bruises on her body, most of them fresh, Some of which were generated by violent violence from someone's hands and with fresh blood in the vagina. "He said that" all of this should ring like alarm bells. As a forensic physician, my position is that this data is related to rape. "

He examined the young woman's photos taken by the doctor and mapped out all the bruises seen on her body. "It would be helpful if such a chart was attached to the report," he noted. He added that the pictures clearly found some bruises on the girl's body not mentioned in the report; He found that there were fresh bruises; He said the injuries he found included bruises to the knees, legs, buttocks, broken skin near the ankle, scratches under the underwear and bruises on the wrist.

In addition, the doctor sought to emphasize, "The lack of trauma to a rape victim does not negate the legitimacy of a complaint or rape." He cited an example of 451 rape victims at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, USA, where only 34% had trauma and only 18% suffered genital trauma.

"There is an indication that the young woman has experienced rape"

He noted that the DNA of three of the Israeli young men was found inside a condom containing semen and remaining in the room, as well as on another condom found in the woman's blood. He also stated that the findings of the medical examination for the Israeli boys match the description of the rape in the young woman's complaint.

"This is a very experienced forensic pathologist who has also provided expert testimony in Israel, Australia, Greece and the Supreme Court of Cyprus," noted attorney Michael Pollak of the "Justice Abroad" team representing the young woman. "He described the multiple failures in the police physician's report, which are material, such as failure to document bruises that can be clearly seen in the photographs, and the torso that was not examined or photographed while the young woman was left partially clothed," he added.

The lawyer also said that "based on Dr. Meteskis's assessment of the evidence, including fresh vaginal blood and the large number of bruises in the girl's body, some of which indicate violence caused by someone, his position was that there was an indication that the young woman had experienced rape." Another testimony that supports the things we have said all along and the concern that it remains at trial and cannot go home even though this evidence is available. "

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"This is an experienced forensic pathologist," Adv. Polk

Attorney Michael Polk representing British girl in the sex affair in Cyprus October 2, 2019 (Photo: official website)

In addition to Adv. Polk, the legal team of "Justice Abroad" includes British lawyer Louis Power, who is a lawyer in the rank of Queen's Counsel as well as two Cypriot attorneys, Attorney Nicoletta Harlambido, Human Rights Specialist and Advocate Pekri running from her office, a criminal justice expert.

The trial will continue next Thursday, so Judge Michalis Papathanasio will hear the summons, including the prosecutor, Adamus Demosthanus, who will seek to convict the young woman while the defense will argue that the evidence presented to the court does not indicate that the girl committed public treason, the offense attributed to her, but was not given, As she told. The maximum penalty expected of her is a year in prison, and a thousand euros fine.

Meanwhile, the young British family continues to raise the funds needed to fund the ongoing trial but has so far raised only 46,000 pounds, about half of the amount that it estimates will be needed for legal administration expenses.

Source: walla

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