British teenager found guilty of lying about Cyprus gang rape

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A British teenager has been found guilty of lying about being gang raped by a group of Israeli youths in Cyprus.

The woman, 19, was convicted of a single count of public mischief at Famagusta District Court in the town of Paralimni.

She claimed she was attacked by 12 Israeli teens in an Ayia Napa hotel on July 17 before retracting this in a statement 10 days later.

However she later said in court that she was raped and claimed she was pressured into changing her account by Cypriot police. The police denied this.

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