Police probe tourist rape claim

POLICE are investigating allegations that an 18-year-old British tourist was raped in her hotel room in Ayia Napa on Sunday night.

The woman claimed that she was in her hotel room when she heard a knock at the door at around 10.30pm.

She opened it, to find an unknown man standing there. She let him in and they chatted, before he reportedly forced her to have sexual intercourse against her will.

She reported the incident to police the same night. She was taken to Paralimni clinic and examined by a doctor. An external examination showed no evidence of rape.

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