Jail terms in Pitcairn sex trial
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the rape of young women on the remote and isolated home of descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers, British authorities in New Zealand said Friday.
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The island&#39;s mayor Steve Christian, the most powerful man on Pitcairn Island, has been found guilty of five counts of rape against island girls as young as 12.
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Six of the seven Pitcairn Island men charged with raping and indecently assaulting girls as young as 12 have been found guilty by a British court on the remote South Pacific island, a British official says.
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The three New Zealand judges presiding over sexual assault cases on Pitcairn Island have handed down their verdicts in Adamstown, finding five of the seven men charged guilty of sex crimes.
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Five of the seven Pitcairn Islanders charged with multiple sex abuse crimes were reported to have been found guilty, while a sixth man pleaded guilty during the trial which exposed the dark side of the remote community.
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SYDNEY Six men on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn were sentenced to up to six years in prison for sexual attacks dating back 40 years on the isolated home of the Bounty mutineers, British authorities in New Zealand said Friday.
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The tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn puts seven men on trial for sex abuse in a case splitting local opinion.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A British court on Friday sentenced four Pitcairn Island men to up to six years in prison after being convicted of several rapes on the tiny Pacific island.
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Auckland: The trials of seven Pitcairn men - including the local mayor - on sex charges, will go ahead on the remote Pacific island today after an eleventh-hour bid to stop the hearings failed.
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Six of seven Pitcairn men being tried on sexual assault charges on the south Pacific island were convicted by three judges, New Zealand TV reported Monday.
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A MAN has appeared in court on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island charged with 15 sex crimes, including indecent assault on a five-year-old girl, Radio New Zealand reported.
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Six Pitcairn men convicted of sex charges yesterday will remain free until an appeal is heard in London&#39;s Privy Council next year.
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The Mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, has been sentenced to three years in jail after being convicted of several rapes. Christian&#39;s son, Randy, was sentenced to six years, the longest sentence of
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The court presiding over the Pitcairn Island sex trials has been shown a videotape of a police interview with one of the accused. Steven Christian denies rape but he does admit to having sex with underage girls.
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AUCKLAND - A sexual assault trial has opened on tiny Pitcairn Island, with seven men - more than half of the island&#39;s adult male population - facing charges.
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The trial of seven Pitcairn Island men,  descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers, began on  Wednesday with the mayor the first to face charges of rape and  underage sex, Television New Zealand reported.
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The island of Pitcairn must cope with a precarious future as six men face imprisonment over sex charges. The men, convicted of various offences, often involving underage girls, could be jailed in a specially-built prison on the island.