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Rhodes to freedom: Greece should crack down on boozy Brits
The Guardian ^
| Thursday August 21, 2003
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Posted on 08/22/2003 4:10:22 PM PDT by Destro
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Destro
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Jemma-Anne Gunning was jailed for flashing her breasts
Faliraki 'bare breasts' girl released
A teenage girl who was facing a jail sentence on a Greek island after being accused of baring her breasts, has been released.
Jemma-Anne Gunning is believed to have taken part in a "Beautiful Bottom" competition in the resort of Faliraki when police raided the club during a crackdown on "inappropriate behaviour".
At a court appearance on Tuesday, Ms Gunning was ordered to pay a fine of 2,500 euros (£1,750) or spend the next eight months in jail, according to reports.
The 18-year-old from Frome was released after her mother, Sarah Brake, flew to the island from Heathrow Airport on Tuesday night and paid the fine.
She is believed to be returning to the UK and is expected back in Somerset on Friday.
Her brother, Jamie Brake, said: "She is doing ok. She is in a hotel and a bit shaken up, but ok".
Keith Betton, from the Association of British Travel Agents, told the BBC: "I think the Greek authorities have been heavy handed. A girl has done something naive and faced jail for eight months - it's incredible and over the top.
"The authorities want to demonstrate they are cracking down: they have done that now and need to back off a little bit."
Her arrest followed that of 20-year-old Matthew Maloney from South Wales, arrested for dropping his trousers in the resort after a night out drinking.
He was saved a year in a Greek jail after his family stumped up £2,000 to pay his fine and secure his release.
Clamp down
On Tuesday Ms Brake said her daughter, who has just finished a degree in media studies, was a sensible girl who had been made a scapegoat.
"She is very distressed and very upset. She can't believe what is happening," she told the BBC on Tuesday.
The resort of Faliraki has become synonymous with loutish British tourists.
The Mayor of Faliraki is reported to have ordered the clamp down on organised bar crawls following the death of Irish teenager Paddy Doran, who died after being stabbed with a broken bottle last week.
Investigation
Since then five holiday reps from England have been arrested for encouraging illegal pub crawls but later released.
Derek Celis, 24, and 20-year-old Emily Dean, who are both from London, Claire Hullock, 20, from Leeds, Sarah-Louise Sharkey, 33, from Penrith in Cumbria, and 31-year-old Thomas Battista, from Birmingham, were all acquitted in court on Monday.
Their employers have said they will keep their jobs.
Earlier this month, 29-year-old Matthew Benney died after being hit by a bin truck in the resort.
Greek authorities are investigating claims that Mr Benney may have run under the truck for a bet.
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08/22/2003 4:14:58 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: KurtChicago
Does not globalization demand "Girls Gone Wild" behavior be allowed in Greece? >sarcasm off<
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08/22/2003 4:17:28 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: Destro
Greece should be careful. The export of hooligans is a big industry for the Brits. They might retaliate with tariffs on Doric columns.
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To: Badabing Badaboom; KurtChicago
Those clubs in question are open air clubs. We are talking about PUBLIC behavior out in the open. Air-conditioning is not common in Greece (or for much of Europe) and most clubs are open air establishments.
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08/22/2003 4:29:54 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: KurtChicago
The Brits are guests in Greece, and they have to behave as such. fair enough...but if you check out the links, what she did was flash her boobs. Stupid, vulgar, etc.- but not really all that. Methinks the Hellenes were pissed that it wasn't a boy's bottom that they saw.
What's funny to me is how the Guardian twits frame the question- " For too many summers, quiet resorts in the poorer southern half of Europe have been forced, for economic reasons alone, to turn a blind eye to the behaviour of thousands of young tourists from the richer north.
From what I gather, it's not so much the odd bit of flashing naked non-goat flesh that's a problem, it's drunken fighting, property vandalizing, stabbings, etcet..
To: Destro
She should have gone to Kalymnos where the German tourists sunbathe topless and no-one cares...probably because there's hardly anyone there (except my ex's extended family lol).
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To: visualops
You bring up a good point. I think Europeans view public nudism and licentious behavior as two different things. We Americans of course view all nudity as porn.
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08/22/2003 4:36:15 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: Badabing Badaboom
Like I said @ 13. By the way, once on vacation I saw British (or Aussie) tourists having oral sex at these clubs (you can tell who the Brits/Aussies are). All clean fun of course. My only question is if British women are so sexually open and giving, why are so many British men gay?
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08/22/2003 4:40:27 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: Badabing Badaboom
I think we met the same chikie....
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08/22/2003 4:55:00 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: Destro
You're exactly right.
Tasteful semi-nudity in magazine ads is common, people changing on the beach, very small children are often unclothed.
Here in the States it seems nudity and sex cannot be seperated. Underwear or beauty products ads for example. Here you can't have an underwear ad without it looking just about like a Playboy audition. Of course the same society that frowns on topless sunbathing thinks it's ok for teen girls to wear pants so low cut they gotta shave, and lately butt cracks are all the rage.
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08/22/2003 5:10:28 PM PDT
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visualops
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To: Destro
Why are so many (American, British, German, French, Japanese) men gay? Take your pick.
It's not like the UK has the market cornered on queers.
To: Prodigal Son
It was a joke.
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08/22/2003 5:17:46 PM PDT
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Destro
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