The mother of a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has backed calls for a tourism boycott of the country
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she supported the campaign and that she believes the resort town of Ayia Napa is unsafe.
But she was charged and the dozen young men, aged between 15 and 20, who were arrested over the incident, were freed after she signed a retraction statement 10 days later. — BBC Radio 4 Today January 1, 2020 She said her daughter had planned to go to university this year after being accepted for the courses she applied for and being offered a bursary at one institute.
The Foreign Office said the UK was "seriously concerned" about the fairness of the woman's trial and it is understood officials have raised the "deeply distressing case" with the Cypriot authorities. And the psychologist who assessed the woman as part of her defence case, Dr Christine Tizzard, said she was concerned the trial had not fully considered that she had been diagnosed with PTSD.
Costas Clerides said the woman's allegation that police coerced her into retracting her rape claim "could not have been left to linger" so he could not move to suspend the trial.