The British woman, who has not been named, could face up to a year in jail YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU/REUTERSA British woman has been found guilty of falsely accusing 12 men and boys of gang rape in Cyprus in a case that has sparked fierce debate over the handling of allegations of sexual assault on the party island. The woman, 19, who has not so far been named, had claimed she was sexually abused by the 12 Israeli citizens, some of them minors, in a hotel in the popular resort of Ayia Napa on July 17. She later withdrew her allegation, under what she claimed was duress, and the Israelis flew home to a public welcome. One of them had been exonerated after his girlfriend found a photograph of him asleep in bed taken at the time the woman alleged the assault had taken…

Source: The Times December 30, 2019 09:15 UTC