Girl, 13, is latest Corfu rape victim

A 13-year-old Scottish girl has been raped on Corfu - the seventh British rape victim on the island this year.

She was on holiday with her parents when she was lured to a remote spot by an 18-year-old youth.

After she gave a full account of the assault and a description of the rapist, an Albanian immigrant was charged and will stand trial later this year.

Police praised the courage of the girl and her parents after the attack, which took place at the end of the school holidays. The family have returned to Scotland, but plan to go back to Corfu for the trial.

The attack took place against a background of crises in the Greek islands where police have struggled to cope with an explosion in sex crime against British women visitors.

Including the six other rapes this year, a total of 44 British females have been sexually attacked in the past eight years on Corfu - the most popular Greek destination for tourists.

On Rhodes, another highly- popular Greek island, police are investigating five rapes of British women this year. A number of men have been arrested, including two Britons who have been charged and await trial.