The 19-year-old British tourist, who filed a complaint against a group of young Israelis in July, was convicted this morning at the Famagusta District Court • The tourist's version was rejected, according to which the police exerted pressure on her to recover from the rape complaint.

• British young woman in court // Photo: IP

The Cyprus court on Monday convicted the British tourist of making a false complaint against a group of Israeli youths last July, claiming that she had been raped during a vacation in Ayia Napa.

The court convicted the British of public molestation charges and a false complaint.

British young woman arrives in Cyprus court // Photo: Avi Cohen

Last month, the court ruled that the 19-year-old British woman would face charges of improper conduct in the public and false testimony. He rejected the young woman's version that she was pressured by the police to return her from the rape complaint she initially filed and stated that she was unreliable. The British tourist claimed that detectives had pressured her to sign the confession stating that her first testimony would be about the rape case because of the police threat to create her friends.

The punishment in Cyprus for such offenses can amount to a year in prison.

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Remember, last July, the young woman complained to police against 12 young people from Israel, after allegedly raping her in a hotel room in Ayia Napa town. After a few days, there was a dramatic development in the affair, when the young woman admitted that she had confessed to the rape and told police that she had filed the complaint to take revenge on the young men who had photographed her without her permission.

The judge ruled that the admission of British Kabila, the young woman in court // Photo: IP

The young woman's family launched a mass-funded campaign for her legal defense after her lawyer retired from the case because of "difficult disagreements." They raised £ 30,000, and hired the services of British lawyer Lewis Power and lawyer Michael Pollack.