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Mount Kinabalu naked photo accused pleads guilty | |
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A British woman has pleaded guilty to a public nuisance offence after posing naked on a sacred mountain in Malaysia. | |
Eleanor Hawkins, 23, was among a group of backpackers who stripped on Mount Kinabalu. | |
The group, who are also said to have urinated and sworn at a guide, were blamed for a magnitude 5.9 earthquake which killed 18 people. | |
Miss Hawkins admitted the offence during an appearance at Kota Kinabalu Magistrates' Court. | |
The BBC's Jennifer Pak said Miss Hawkins, from Derbyshire, and a Canadian woman covered their faces as they arrived at court earlier. | |
"There's a lot of public anger still against the tourists because many of them believe Mount Kinabalu is a sacred spot where their souls go to rest when they die," she said. | "There's a lot of public anger still against the tourists because many of them believe Mount Kinabalu is a sacred spot where their souls go to rest when they die," she said. |
"The fact that these foreigners are alleged to have stripped on the peak, urinated and cursed at staff members trying to stop them is something that many locals say is disrespectful." | "The fact that these foreigners are alleged to have stripped on the peak, urinated and cursed at staff members trying to stop them is something that many locals say is disrespectful." |
Miss Hawkins, Canadian siblings Lindsey and Danielle Peterson and a Dutchman were driven to the courthouse earlier by officials wearing balaclavas where they were met by a media scrum. | |
Miss Hawkins' father Timothy has spoken to his daughter, a recent graduate of the University of Southampton, and said she was sorry for any offence caused. |