East Sussex twins lead protest in support of teenager convicted over Ayia Napa gang rape claim

By Stephen Wynn-Davies
Published 8th Jan 2020, 15:15 BST
Lucy Nevitt and her sister Verity at the protest in LondonLucy Nevitt and her sister Verity at the protest in London
Lucy Nevitt and her sister Verity at the protest in London
Identical twin sisters from East Sussex led a demonstration in London to support a teenager who was found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa.

Verity and Lucy Nevitt, both 22 from Battle, started the protest on Monday (January 6) outside the Cypriot Embassy in London, leading it through Trafalgar Square, past Downing Street and Parliament Square before finishing outside the Foreign Office.

The sisters said the aim was to call on the UK government – particularly Prime Minster Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab – to intervene in the handling of the case.

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This week, the 19-year-old was given a sentence of four months, suspended for three years, and ordered to pay £125 in legal fees after withdrawing a claim she had been raped by a group of 12 men in a hotel room in Cyprus in July.