In a case closely followed by rights groups, a district court in Paralimni ruled the young woman, aged 19 at the time, had lied about being sexually abused by 12 Israeli teenagers. The teen has been found guilty of public mischief at Famagusta District Court. The woman was a week into a working holiday before she was due to start university, when she alleged she was raped by the group of young Israeli men. They were not summoned to court because prosecutors considered it a case of public mischief and not rape. The young woman's family set up a crowdfunding page asking for money for legal costs, which has raised more than £52,000.

Source: Daily Mirror December 30, 2019 07:57 UTC