The British woman found guilty of falsely claiming to be a victim of gang rape in Cyprus has launched an appeal against her conviction.

The 19-year-old had been given a four-month suspended prison sentence on 7 January, but was allowed to return to England last week. She was found guilty of public mischief for alleging that a group of 12 Israeli tourists had raped her in a hotel room the previous July.

Her lawyers said the appeal was submitted to the Supreme Court of Cyprus on Thursday. Michael Polak, from the Justice Abroad group, said that she did not receive a fair trial.

He added: “The conviction of the teenager not only breaches the teenager’s rights under Cypriot law, but it also amounts to a breach of Cyprus’s international obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and as a member of the European Union.”

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