Acute pain

A court on Cyprus Tuesday handed a suspended sentence to a British teenager accused of faking a gang rape allegation in a case that has triggered protests from activists who claim she did not get a fair trial.
The 19-year-old claims that police coerced her to retract her claim that she was raped by a group of Israeli youths in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa in July.

A British teenager accused of faking a gang rape allegation was given a suspended sentence by a court in Cyprus on Tuesday in a case that prompted a rare rebuke from Britain and protests from activists who say she did not get a fair trial.

Holidaymakers should boycott Cyprus after a court found a British woman guilty of lying about being gang-raped by a group of Israeli youths, the woman's mother said on Wednesday.

Four people - two men and two women - were to face a prosecutor on Lefkada on Friday on charges of people trafficking and rape after a 37-year-old woman claimed to have been detained against her will at a house on the Ionian island and forced to become a sex worker.

A British woman accused of making false rape claims in Ayia Napa after signing a confession is fighting back in court, pointing to grammar errors to prove she never wrote a statement recanting the initial allegations.

The British young woman accused of making false statements in a rape complaint in Ayia Napa has been set free on bail, while her legal team is expected to include high-powered British attorneys.
During an arraignment hearing that was scheduled on Monday, the 19-year-old British teenager pleaded not guilty to charges of public mischief.

A 32-year-old Albanian national is to face a prosecutor on the Ionian island of Corfu on Monday in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old British girl early last Wednesday.
The suspect is accused of sexually molesting and then raping the girl who had been holidaying at a hotel on the island with her family.

The death of a 34-year-old British scientist and Cyprus resident on the Greek holiday island of Ikaria earlier this week was due to head injuries, an autopsy report has revealed.
Natalie Christopher died in an apparent fall down a ravine during her morning run while on holiday with her Cypriot partner on the eastern Aegean island.

A lawyer representing a 19-year-old British woman who faces a public nuisance charge for falsely accusing 12 Israelis of rape has withdrawn from the case because of a "serious disagreement" with his client.

This week's report by the National Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday, announced this year's first deaths in Greece from West Nile virus.
The two victims were both over the age of 80.