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British woman flies home after 'naked mountain' arrest and sentence

Eleanor Hawkins, former head-girl of Ockbrook School in Derbyshire, has flown home this weekend after being arrested for posing naked on top of a 'sacred' mountain in Malaysia. Eleanor was jailed for three days and ordered to pay an £860 fine.

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Derbyshire girl arrested for stripping on sacred mountain due in court today

A British woman blamed for triggering an earthquake by posing naked on a sacred mountain is due to appear in court where she could be charged over allegations of indecent behaviour, her lawyer said.

Eleanor Hawkins, 23, is among a group of Western backpackers arrested after photos emerged of them allegedly stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia.

She is due to appear at Kota Kinabalu Magistrates' Court.

Prosecution carries a possible three-month prison sentence or a fine.

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck the 13,400ft-high mountain last Friday, killing 18 people and leaving hundreds more stranded.

Sabah state deputy chief minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan blamed the earthquake six days later on travellers showing "disrespect to the sacred mountain".

The group of 10 tourists stripped naked before taking photos at the peak of Kinabalu on May 30.

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