The killing of Louise Jensen happened on 16 September 1994 in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, when British soldiers Allan Ford, Justin Fowler, and Geoffrey Pernell attacked, abducted, raped, and killed Danish tour guide Louise Jensen.

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Louise Jensen was born on 19 March 1971. She grew up in the town of Hirtshals, Denmark, together with her parents and her younger brother. After college, Jensen was working as a tour guide in Cyprus for the Danish travel agency Star Tours.

On the night of 16 September 1994, Jensen and her Cypriot boyfriend were riding a motorbike when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the drunk soldiers Ford, Fowler, and Pernell. Having beaten Jensen's boyfriend to the ground, Pernell forced Jensen into the vehicle, and the soldiers abducted her. She was then repeatedly raped and repeatedly beaten with a spade, leading to her death.^[1] Finally she was buried in a shallow grave.

Jensen's body was found several days later. Due to the soldiers' abuse and exposure to the elements, the body was in such a condition that only Jensen's silver ring identified her.

On 27 March 1996, Ford, Fowler, and Pernell were convicted of abduction, rape, and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The judges described the crime as "inhumane when planned, and vulgar when exercised". In court the soldiers' only explanation was that they "wanted a woman".

On 16 April 1996, Jensen's parents received a written apology from the British Ministry of Defence on behalf of Prime Minister John Major.

In 1998, a higher court cut their sentences to 25 years. All three men were originally sentenced to life for murder, but that was reduced to 25 years for manslaughter on appeal, on the grounds that they were judged too drunk to have planned the attack.^[2]

In 2006, after spending under twelve years in custody, the soldiers were released and deported to Britain.^[3] Fowler was released on 18 August. Pernell was released on 21 August. Ford was released in August.

One long-term effect of this case was for the British military to declare certain tourist resorts on the island as out of bounds to military personnel.^{[citation needed]}