Text messages show how Israeli men planned an ‘orgy’ with British teenager and said ‘she’s getting f***ed tonight’ as her trial begins in Cyprus for allegedly lying she was gang raped
- Text messages show how group of Israeli men planned ‘orgy’ with British teen
- The messages sent between the 11 men were shown in Cyprus court today
- One of men said they had spoken about having sex in ‘bad & aggressive’ manner
- The woman appeared to have panic attack in court earlier, and began to weep
- The teenager had claimed she was raped by 12 Israeli men in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
By Paul Thompson for Mailonline, October 2, 2019
Text messages showing how a group of Israeli men planned an ‘orgy’ with a British teenager were shown to a Cyprus court today.
In messages sent between the 11 men in the lead up to having sex in a Cyprus hotel room with the 19-year-old woman, one said: ‘She’s going to get f***** tonight’.
One of the men told police that they had spoken about having sex with the woman in a ‘bad and aggressive’ manner in the lead up to the encounter.
Details of statements made by the men were revealed on the opening day of the trial of the woman charged with making up a gang rape allegation.
She said she agreed to have sex with one of the men after a pool party in the party resort of Ayia Napa on July 17 – but then his friends burst into the room and gang raped her. The 11 Israeli men were arrested on suspicion of rape.
But later the woman said during police interviews that she hadn’t been raped. Now she is on trial accused of making the attack up and is charged with public mischief.
Her lawyers say her rape claim retraction was coerced.
The two-hour hearing was abruptly adjourned to October 15, and the woman appeared to have a panic attack and struggled to breathe as she began to weep.
A statement from one of the accused Israelis said: ‘They said they were going to stay in our flat because the English girl was coming there later and they were going to f*** her – all of them.’
‘They were talking about it and laughing, saying they were going to do orgies with her.
‘They were saying this in a very bad and aggressive way and they looked like they were ready – all of them – to f*** her that night.’
The court heard that videos and text message sent by the suspects were taken from their mobile phones after they were arrested in July.
One of the men made a statement to police where he described in graphic detail what was going to happen to the woman when she visited a hotel room of his friend who she had been having a holiday fling with.
In the statement he said that the men had discussed how when the woman went back to his friend’s hotel room she would be ‘f***** by all of them.’
He went on to say that all the men in the room would have an orgy with her.
Asked if the statement showed that the rape was planned, police officer Andreas Nicolettis nodded his head in agreement.
Prosecutor Adamos Demosthenous objected and said the officer could not interpret what another person had said.
During the court hearing the British woman stood listening to the proceedings.
Her mother and two family friends sat at the back of the packed courtroom in the town of Paralimni.
The trial was abruptly adjourned after the defence team said they needed time to examine a 34-page report carried out into data and text messages retrieved from the suspects’ mobile phones.
As the lawyers discussed an adjournment the woman appeared visibily upset and looked like she was having a panic attack, as she struggled to breathe and began to weep.
The judge Michalis Papathansidu told her to sit down as she dissolved into tears and was comforted by her translator.
The adjournment was caused after a scientific officer revealed he had presented his final report into his examination of the mobile phones this week to prosecutors.
Defence lawyer Ritsa Pekri said her team needed time to study the report before undertaking cross examination and asked for an adjournment of the case.
She also requested that the woman be allowed to alter her bail conditions and return to the UK before the next hearing on October 15th.
She told the court the woman had psychological problems having been diagnosed over Skype by a psychologist.
Despite arguing that the woman would honour the previous bail conditions, Pekri’s request was turned down by the judge.
He said the defence’s argument was ‘too vague’ and ruled that the woman must remain in Cyprus.
He did allow her to report to a police station once a week instead of three.
Outside court barrister Michael Polak said the British woman was pleased with the way the trial had gone.
He added she wanted matters to be completed as soon as possible.
‘This has been traumatic for her, the incident was traumatic and now to face trial, I cannot imagine what it is like for her.’
‘Of course, she wants justice to be done. She is not guilty,’ he told journalists.
Polak said that of 11 phones seized by police only five had been examined for photos and messages.
‘A rape took place and it was not properly investigated,’ he said.
Her lawyer said that she is vulnerable and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder from the ordeal. He said that she changed her story after being pressurised by police during questioning while she was in a fragile state.
The 19-year-old arrived at Famagusta District Court earlier today for the start of her trial accompanied by her mother and her legal team, Lewis Power QC and barrister Michael Polak.
Polak said that the woman, who MailOnline is choosing not to identify, is in a fragile state and has been diagnosed with PTSD by a UK specialist.
Polak said: ‘She just wants to go home.’
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