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| Briton guilty over Ayia Napa false rape claim | Briton guilty over Ayia Napa false rape claim |
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| A British woman has been found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, by Israeli youths. | |
| She had been arrested after she withdrew an allegation that she was attacked by 12 young Israelis in July. | She had been arrested after she withdrew an allegation that she was attacked by 12 young Israelis in July. |
| The woman, who was 19 at the time, had said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - but the police denied this claim. | |
| She was found guilty on a charge of causing public mischief, at a court in Paralimni. | |
| Prosecutors said she willingly wrote and signed a statement retracting her initial claims. | |
| The woman had said this happened under duress with the threat of arrest and that she had been denied access to a lawyer. | |
| Twelve Israelis were arrested in connection with the allegations but were later released and returned home. | |
| The trial began at the start of October but the verdict was delayed until now. | |
| BBC Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly said the woman's family spent Christmas with her on the Mediterranean island. | |
| He said that lawyers representing the woman had indicated they were willing to appeal the case as far as the European Court of Human Rights. |