Paphos rape remand

A PAPHOS man is in police custody after being charged with the attempted rape of a former lover.

According to the testimony of the English woman who was assaulted, the man broke into her house on Saturday night. Wielding a knife, he allegedly forced her into his car and drove her to a remote beach, where he attempted to have forced sexual intercourse with her.

The woman resisted, and apparently after a while the perpetrator gave up and drove the woman back home. The victim immediately contacted the police, who picked up the suspect and placed him under arrest.

Under questioning the man admitted to kidnapping the woman. On Sunday he appeared before a Paphos court and was remanded in custody.

The victim and her assailant had formerly been intimate and had worked in the same hotel. The suspect, a local, had been implicated in a similar rape case in the past, police say.

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