Isabel Rose arrived in Hong Kong on 31 January 2024, having flown in at the invitation of a British banker she had met while travelling in Thailand. She was 23 years old. Within 12 hours of landing, she told the BBC, she was raped in his apartment. She reported the assault to police three days later.
She is now 25, sitting inside Tai Lam Correctional Institution — Hong Kong's oldest maximum security women's prison — waiting to find out how many years of her life will be taken from her. On 3 March 2026, she was convicted of blackmail and perverting the course of public justice. Sentencing is scheduled for 22 July, and she faces up to seven years
