The devastated mum of a 19-year-old Brit convicted by a Cypriot court of lying about a gang rape has slammed her 'horrendous' treatment.

Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning ahead of her daughter's sentencing tomorrow she said she has "No doubt whatsoever, no doubt at all" her daughter is telling the truth.

It comes as the British Government raised "serious concerns" about the case after a Cyprus court found the teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, guilty of "causing public mischief".

She initially claimed she had been raped group of Israeli youths in the party resort of Ayia Napa in July and has been unable to leave the country since.

After her retraction her alleged assailants, aged 15 to 22, immediately received legal representation, were released from custody and allowed to fly home.

The case has drawn condemnation both from the British Government and human rights groups, over concerns woman was thrown into a cell and interrogated for eight hours without a lawyer or translator until she retracted her claims.

There are also concerns about the lack of support given to the woman's mental health, who is said to be suffering from PTSD and hallucinations.

Her mum told This Morning: "The worst case scenario is that she gets a prison sentence… she needs to get home for the treatment she so desperately needs."

She went on to slam the Cypriot justice system's handling of the case, saying: "It's absolutely horrendous this can't be allowed to continue the prosecution put some evidence into the trial that the defence had never seen."

The mum told the MailOnline she flew to Cyprus after her daughter’s tragic phone call on Wednesday, July 17.

"We had no way to plan the logistics of it all," the mother said. "We sort of gave up trying. It has been like that from the beginning. We cannot visualise going home because we have struggled with the decision-making all the way through. It has been so unpredictable."

The trial was expected to last just three days, but has dragged on for months in which the family was ill prepared.

Her mother also described the toll the ordeal is having on her daughter's health.

She told MailOnline: "It’s very physical, she will become incredibly anxious and try to get away.

"Her body sort of takes over and she can’t always rationalise what is going on. It can be paralysing. She seizes up."

"I’m very worried about it. She has to get treatment for it or she will be affected by it for the rest of her life."

Ahead of her daughter's sentencing tomorrow, the heartbroken mum took time to praise the support the family has received outside of the Cypriot justice system.

She said: "The support rom my family and friends has been phenomenal and my employer has been unprecedented, females groups human rights groups, are doing lots of really good demonstrations."

The sentencing will be given at the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday.

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