Another complaint of rape this time in Skiathos, was made by a 19-year-old girl who testified that she was raped by a 25-year-old Athenian man in a club on the island.
A beating ensued between the group of two Swedes and three other Greeks who were in the company of the alleged perpetrator.
They will be arraigned tomorrow
The four Greeks who went to the island for vacation were taken to the prosecutor, the alleged rapist was given a deadline to apologize on Wednesday, while the other three were given a deadline and will be tried at the Volos Autonomous Single-Member Plenary Court.
On the other hand, the alleged rape victim and her company left for their home country on a charter flight, so there is no witness for the two cases.
According to information from the website, magnesianews.gr, everything happened at dawn on Sunday in a club in Skiathos. At a table sat a group of three girls from Sweden, who met two of their compatriots who were in the club and were sitting in the same group.
The 19-year-old girl started flirting with a young man of a group of four Greeks who were sitting at the next table and who started their holidays on the island on the same day.
There was a fight
The 25-year-old and the 19-year-old, at some point decided to go to the toilet of the club, which they did, where they started kissing. What followed, according to the complaint, were lewd acts. The 25-year-old allegedly pulled down his pants, the 19-year-old appeared to regret it, started yelling and he used his hand to close the door so she couldn't leave and continued to make lewd gestures.
Finally, while her shouting continued, the 25-year-old opened the door, the girl got out, went to her group, told them what happened and the two Swedes asked for an explanation from the group of Greeks.
Then the three Greeks allegedly beat them with fists, so that after the Swedes complained, after they left the club, they were arrested, as was their 25-year-old friend, for attempted rape and indecent assault.
The 19-year-old's complaint
According to reports, the 19-year-old in her complaint to the police claimed that the 25-year-old raped her (for which he was charged with felony rape) and locked the bathroom door so she could not get out.
The 25-year-old denies the charge and testified that there was flirting between them. The 19-year-old, who had been drinking, willingly followed him into the bathroom, then changed her mind and started yelling. He also denied that he raped her and claims that he pushed her in forbidden places.
What the 25-year-old's lawyer says
Both the Swedes left for their home country on Sunday and the 19-year-old will not be in court to testify.
The 25-year-old's lawyer will, according to cretalive, seek evidence to determine whether the 19-year-old Swedish woman had signed a rape insurance policy in order to receive compensation. The 25-year-old's side believes he was a victim, citing past cases where Swedish women vacationing in Greece allegedly fall into the hands of rapists on the last night of their stay on a Greek island and then file lawsuits against these men in order to collect the money provided by the contract they sign before traveling to Greece as rape insurance.
The Swedish authorities say that this is not rape insurance, but compensation for emotional distress granted to women who claim to have been raped. This compensation, which does not mainly concern the act of rape but the mental anguish of the victim, is close to 10,000 euros.
Source: in.gr
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