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A British woman has a four-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying, gang-raped by a group of young Israelis in Cyprus.

The 19-year-old embraced her family and left to cry in the yard, after she was convicted of public mischief.

her sentence was interrupted, appointed for three years, and she was to pay €148 (£125) in legal fees. She is now on the way back to the UK.

women's rights groups staged a protest outside court before the sentencing.

the BBC correspondent Anna Holligan said the puffy-eyed teenager hugging her mother, the chants of "We believe you" and "no means no", before they filtered into the courtroom in protest.

followers from Cyprus and a group of 50 women, who travelled from Israel, to keep the outside of the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday, posters.

the teenager, the mother comes home," from The Group after The Conviction and told reporters shouted: "you felt "relieved".

addressing The Crowd , the teenager's mother said: "I thank each and every one of you for turning up today, with conviction, with faith and make sure we get right. "

The teenager was later, together with her mother at the airport of Larnaca, before your flight back to the United Kingdom

in court, The Judge Michalis Papathanasiou, said the teenager, he gave her a "Second Chance ".

The 19-year-old in December after recanting a claim that she had been raped by a group of 12 Young Men in a hotel room In July .

you said that the Cypriot police had to admit their mistakes, lying about The Incident , Something denied to The Police .

The Woman 's lawyer, Lewis Power, QC, told Bbc News the case was "not ready yet by all means".

He said: "We want an expedited appeal to the Supreme court of Cyprus, and we will also consider the European court of Human Rights .

"We do not feel we have had justice in terms of how the process was carried out, step, in what way, the first investigation by The Police , and the fact that we do not feel that you method a Fair Trial . "

If Cyprus inherited its independence from Britain in 1960, the English Common Law system, so there are great similarities between their system and Our Own , before then.

While both systems have evolved, it is not the great reform of the UK Criminal Justice process in Cyprus.

In the 1970s, a series of failed cases, judgments, and highlighted shortcomings in The Treatment of the prisoners by The Police .

Since 1984, new legislation in the United Kingdom, introduced codes of conduct for the rights of suspects in custody.

In the is, for example, tape recorded interviews, The Right to an attorney, and the supervision and surveillance of suspects by custody sergeants, regardless of The Investigation . anchored

This does not apply in Cyprus, where the interviews are always written by hand.

In this sense, the Cypriot Criminal Justice system provides less protection to suspects than the UK system.

However, it is a fair system, and the criticism, flush, could also be flush-mounted in the other countries that have signed the European Convention on Human Rights

exhausted as soon as the complaint system is in Cyprus, it could be a complaint to the European court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the grounds that The System violated in Cyprus, The Right to a Fair Trial

During the sentencing, The Judge said he was "worried" about the case.

"All The Evidence shows that she had lied and prevented The Police from other serious work," he said.

"Twelve people were arrested and seven of them have been there for at least 10 days. This was a serious offence.

"you are your mental state, your youth, that you are away from your family, friends and academic studies this year.

"This led me to decide to give her a Second Chance , and the suspension and probation for three years. "

the Israeli attorney Nir Islovich, which represented four of the 12 men in the case, welcomed the decision. "What was important to us was that she be convicted of the charges against you," he said.

"This happened with the full takeover of the situation by my customers. "

the protesters passed in front of the court that they have never been convicted.

', We will not be silenced'

Orit Sulitzeanu, head of The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, told Bbc News The Conviction was "incredible".

"she's not said to blame," Ms Sulitzeanu. "This sentence reflects backward thinking and do not understand The Dynamics of rape. The judges here need to learn what happens to the victims of sexual abuse. "

she added: "This is a young lady, she will go to University, you go to a job, and she has a criminal offence. It will have an impact on your life. These four months suspended sentence is bad from the beginning. "

Orit Sulitzeanu (right) with supporters from Israel

Susana Pavlou, Director of Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies in Cyprus, said the case has sparked a "culture of protest" in the country.

"it has been shown This year is how broken our legal system is, in essence, in relation to The Police and social services response to violence against women, and the lack of specialized services.

"It is encouraging to see how the inflamed, the rights of women-activists and women's rights movement, the concentration on this issue.

"That will not go away, we will not be silenced. "

The teenager told police she was raped at 17. July in Pambos Napa Rocks Hotel.

the Twelve Men were arrested, but later released and returned to assert to the home, after they retracted their claims.

she was indicted and spent over a month in prison before being released on bail, in August, prior to their examination-as you do not pleading you guilty of being raped to what public mischief for the false accusation of The Group .

the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was "not pleased", now you could return to the UK, his spokesman said.

in Downing Street, the British government had stressed its "concern about the justice in this case and The Woman has The Right to a Fair Trial ," said the Cypriot authorities.

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Source of news: bbc.com