A former parliamentary candidate accused of rape committed over 10 years ago was referred to trial before the Larnaca criminal court, reports said on Tuesday.

The court will convene on June 10.

Andreas Ttaouxis, a Larnaca municipal councillor running with ruling Disy, denied the accusations in a post on Facebook 10 days ago. Ttaouxis said he was withdrawing his candidacy but “not because I am guilty of anything.”

The woman reported the case to police in April and posted the accusations on Facebook without however, naming the candidate.

In the post, the woman said it happened at a time when “no authority and no society was prepared to listen to us during the panic.”

The woman said she decided to report the case now because she had learned it was not the only time he had done it.

The woman said there was no political expediency “and from the moment the party did not know it is not responsible.”