British Tourists accused of having sex in bars and Greek beaches

A Greek MP last night called for the extradition of British tourists caught on camera having sex in the bars and beaches of the Greek island of Zakynthos, Europe's latest party haven.

Dimitrios Varvarigos told the Guardian that it was time to make an example of the scores of Britons committing "gross public indecency" in Greece.

After pictures showing revellers performing oral sex on one another in the town of Laganas were splashed across the front page of an Athens newspaper, Greek officials were trying to identify the tourists and holiday reps involved.

"Unfortunately, young Britons have been shown in photographs engaging in acts that are not only low-life but, frankly, criminal," said Mr Varvarigos, a veteran socialist MP.

"We're talking about a lot of people [in the photographs]. As many as possible should be located, extradited if need be, and made to bear the consequences," he insisted. "Under Greek law that might mean enduring prison sentences of two or three years but it would set an example."

There is mounting anger among the islanders over the alcohol-fuelled antics of British tourists. Until recently, Laganas was a relatively peaceful resort, better known for its ancient nesting ground of Loggerhead sea turtles than rampaging Britons.

At first, the arrival of the tourists was met with bemusement and even glee as the island reaped the rewards of a police clampdown on partying hedonists in the Rhodes resort of Faliraki after the death of an Irish teenager in a bar brawl last year.

"But then, this year, we noticed they really were a very different breed. They were much younger and got very drunk from very early on in the day" said Vasillis Vosaitis, who has run a car rental company in Laganas since 1985.

Mr Vosaitis said he had recently seen a man walking down the neon-lit main strip "completely nude". He said: "And then, the other night I saw this couple having sex right in front of me in a car. I couldn't believe it."