Eleanor Hawkins ‘sorry’ for naked mountain prank in Malaysia

A British graduate blamed for triggering an earthquake by posing naked and allegedly urinating on a sacred mountain knows what she did was “stupid and disrespectful and is very sorry for the offence that she has caused”, her father said.

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

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