#rape

A 20-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday by the Famagusta criminal court of attempted murder and rape of a 26-year-old woman at a hotel in the district in August 2024. ...

The Court of Appeal upheld the pre-trial detention of a Turkish Cypriot man facing rape, indecent assault and sexual harassment charges, rejecting his appeal against a district court ruling ordering ...

A 44-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of rape by the Paphos permanent criminal court. The Paphos CID launched a case ...

US President Donald Trump has paid $5.6 million to author E. Jean Carroll following a civil trial in which a jury found him liable for sexual assault and defamation, according to ...

Turkish vice president Cevdet Yilmaz on Tuesday dismissed a recent European Parliament resolution on rape committed by Turkish soldiers during the 1974 invasion, describing it as “legally and morally unfounded” and ...

Seven girls aged between 12 and 15 have alleged they were sexually abused by a 64-year-old man at a horse-riding school in Lapithos, with investigators in the north continuing inquiries as further ...

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday after the Famagusta permanent criminal court found him guilty of rape. The offence was committed in the Famagusta ...

Greek member of the European Parliament Eleonora Meleti on Tuesday told her fellow MEPs that she had promised that “someone will finally take care of these open wounds” as the ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, who is on trial for rape and domestic abuse, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to five charges, including rape and domestic abuse. The hearing will ...

The European Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning sexual violence committed during the Turkish invasion of 1974, calling for accountability and support ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos’ alleged rape was on Tuesday referred to the Paphos criminal court, with proceedings scheduled to begin on May 28. The hearing took place behind closed doors ...

A 14-year-old girl who recently gave birth, reportedly after she was raped, will receive all necessary support from the state, the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights said ...

The case against suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos – accused of rape – has been re-filed with Paphos district court, it transpired on Tuesday. Phedonos’ attorney Christos Pourgourides confirmed reports about the ...

Suspended Paphos mayor, Phedonas Phedonos, will face the first court proceedings on April 2 at the Limassol district court in criminal case involving allegations of rape. The case, relating to incidents ...

Instructions have been issued for the criminal prosecution of suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in connection with an alleged rape case, according to information reported on Monday evening. As first ...

The Famagusta permanent criminal court on Monday sentenced a 51-year-old man to 13 years in prison for a series of sexual offences against a 26-year-old foreign woman. The court had previously ...

Cyprus MEP Loukas Fourlas handed a European parliament report documenting rape against women during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus to United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres in New York on ...

The US Justice Department released FBI records on Thursday that summarize interviews of an unidentified woman in which she made accusations against President Trump related to an alleged sexual encounter. ...

The case file regarding allegations of rape against suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos was on Thursday handed over to the legal service. The receipt of the file was confirmed to ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos responded on Tuesday to ongoing allegations concerning embezzlement and administrative malpractice, lambasting the accusations as part of an “organised smear campaign”. The mayor, who is ...

A man accused of rape and assault was ordered to be held in custody pending trial on Thursday, despite the complainant formally asking the court to withdraw her complaint. The ...

Film star Gerard Depardieu, one of the leading faces of French cinema, will face trial on charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, in the latest blow to his reputation ...

Cyprus’ permanent representative at the United Nations Maria Michael on Tuesday night told a security council debate that sexual violence during Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974 “remains an ...

The woman at the centre of a European Court of Human Rights ruling that condemned Cyprus because the legal service suspended the criminal prosecution of a politician in a rape ...