Irish-born Paddy Doran died almost immediately after he was stabbed in the throat by another British tourist partying in a Rhodes bar last week. For Greeks, appalled by the alcohol-fuelled antics of hooligan holidaymakers, the 17-year-old's death will not be forgotten quickly.
Instead, it has renewed their determination to crack down on the sort of riotous behaviour blamed for fellow reveller, Peter Navarro, attacking Doran with a broken bottle during a drunken nightclub brawl.
The 21-year-old Navarro, who faces an investigating magistrate today, with five other Britons accused of causing affray, admitted killing Doran.
He said he had been so drunk he could barely remember why. Police, who have stepped up patrols in all resorts beloved of British youths, believe the fight began over a girl who had been flirting with the men.
Doran was the second Briton in under a week to die in Faliraki, the island's infamous 'anything goes' resort. Days before, a 30-year-old tourist was crushed to death trying to wriggle under a dustbin lorry in what appears to have been a drunken dare.
That followed an incident when an Irish tourist shinnied up a flagpole outside a Rhodes hotel, snatched the Greek ensign and ran naked through the streets ripping it to shreds. Weeks before, Greeks had been scandalised by televised video footage of three female Club 18-30 representatives participating in an oral sex show on a Corfu beach. In Faliraki, say outraged locals, intoxicated Britons frequently indulge in street sex after bar binges.
'This boy's death is seen as the tip of the iceberg. It's got people very agitated,' said Faliraki Mayor Yiannis Iatrides of last week's tragedy. 'It's another symp tom of unacceptable behaviour which has to stop. Locals are not just upset, they're a bit frightened. By about midnight a lot of these youths are so drunk they begin undressing and running around totally naked. We Greeks would never do this in their country. It's quite obscene.'
Since the season began 'at least 200' Britons had been arrested, either for drug dealing or being drunk and disorderly, he said. 'We don't have problems with tourists from anywhere else, just Britain,' the mayor lamented.
Increasingly, tour operators, with Club 18-30 (slogan: 'Nothing is Sacred') in the lead, are being blamed for the drunken antics. Tour reps, Greek officials say, make it their business to get tourists to lose their inhibitions.
On organised pub-crawls in resorts such as Faliraki - the scene of a rash of rapes - holidaymakers are 'egged on' to drink as much as possible by reps on commission from bar owners. If they remove their clothes they are promised a free pub-crawl coupon (10 free drinks) the next day.
'A lot of the problem stems from the way the holiday packages are advertised in Britain,' said Alexis Doukas at the Greek National Tourism Board (EOT). 'People see programmes on television and think anything goes.'
After Doran's death, local tour agents were summoned by Rhodes prosecutor Giorgos Iconomou to discuss controlling the behaviour of UK tourists.
Politicians have called for tour companies to be bound by a 'contract of good behaviour'. 'It's the clubs, especially the reps, who encourage a lot of this behaviour by hosting provocative games and egging on youngsters to drink as much as possible,' said Corfu MP Dr Spyridon Spyrou. 'Most group leaders are on commission so it's in their interests for clients to keep buying drinks.'
And yet Britons top tourist arrivals - more than three million are expected to visit Greece this year - so nobody is keen to drive them away.
