Rape claim made in Larnaca

LARNACA CID was yesterday investigating the alleged rape of a 27-year-old Filipino woman at the weekend.

The woman told police that a friend of hers had called to invite her to a party and said that he would arrange to have her picked up. At around 1.30pm a man came to her house and instead of taking her to the party, took her to a strange house where he raped her and then took her back to Larnaca, police said

The owner of the house where the alleged rape took place is a 32-year-old Romanian man. The man, who has claimed he had consensual sexual intercourse with the Filipino woman, was arrested, police said.

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