Greek woman denies bar blaze charge

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The 26-year-old student claims she reacted to the man's advances at the rowdy Malia resort by drenching him with a glass of sambuca, an Italian drink with a high alcohol content.

But she denies that she then torched 23-year-old Stuart Feltham of Swindon, who was later treated for second-degree chest burns.

Defence lawyer Nikos Maniadakis said: "He fondled my client's breasts and buttocks, and she poured her drink over him and left.

"Shortly afterward she heard cries and saw her friends trying to extinguish him."

Mr Maniadakis said the trial in the northern Cretan town of Iraklio had been adjourned until Monday to allow evidence to be presented on the nature of the tourist's injuries.

The woman was charged with assault on Thursday after turning herself in to police at Malia, a coastal resort popular with young Britons.

If convicted, she faces a maximum five-year jail sentence.