(CNN) A British woman has been found guilty of lying to police after alleging she was gang-raped by 12 Israeli youths in Cyprus.

The 19-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty on a single charge of causing public mischief, her lawyer told CNN.

The woman had claimed she was attacked by 12 Israeli tourists on July 17 at the Pambos Napa Rocks hotel in the resort of Ayia Napa, where she was staying. But 10 days later the woman retracted her statement, and police arrested her.

Her lawyer, Michael Polak, from the advocacy group Justice Abroad, told CNN that she had been coerced into making the statement and denied legal representation. "She wasn't allowed a lawyer, which is against European law, she didn't have a translator, she was suffering from PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)," he said.

Polak said the woman, who was 18 years old at the time of the alleged attack, was "interrogated at a police station for seven hours." He added that "it's not unusual for somebody suffering from PTSD to retract a statement if it means she might be allowed to go home."

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