Australia island hosts rare murder trial
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A jury of 12 Norfolk Islanders was sworn in Monday for the tiny South Pacific island's first murder trial since it was settled 151 years ago by descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk in 2006 is due to begin.
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A man appeared in court on the Pacific island of Pitcairn charged with sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, as victims described a culture of rape and violence in the British colony, media reports said.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, leaves court in Adamstown after being convicted on five counts of rape. Photograph: AP.
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PITCAIRN ISLAND -- A series of sex abuse trials has opened on Pitcairn Island, the isolated British territory in the Pacific that is home to descendants of the 18th-century mutineers of the British ship HMS Bounty. The first alleged victim said she was raped as a young girl by the island's mayor.
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Jurors are due to hear evidence against a 49-year-old man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk.
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AUCKLAND : The trials of seven men facing multiple sex charges opened on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island with the mayor among the defendants, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported here.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk during a 10-day period in 2006 is due to begin.
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Celebrity chef Gordon  Ramsay&#39;s younger brother went on trial in Indonesia&#39;s resort  island of Bali on Thursday on charges of heroin possession.
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A man aged 78 stood trial yesterday on two charges of rape dating back more than 30 years, in the third of seven cases on Pitcairn island.
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THE mayor of the tiny British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island, founded by the Bounty mutineers, was the first of seven men to go on trial facing multiple sex-abuse charges.
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A County Antrim man accused of killing a prostitute on a holiday island is found guilty of manslaughter.
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Pitcairn Island&#39;s sex trials have started this morning with Mayor Steve Christian the first to face the court. The prosecution has told the court Mr Christian committed offences against four women between 1964 and 1975.
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By staff reporters and AAP. ANGRY scenes have erupted inside and outside a north Queensland court today where 18 people faced charges over last week&#39;s violent rampage on Palm Island.
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The family of Joanne Lees today welcomed the announcement that a mechanic is to stand trial in Australia for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.
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Until yesterday, they were all big men, swaggering round a tiny island. But in its sweltering courtroom, six Pitcairners were exposed for what they are: bullies, rapists and child-abusers.
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NORFOLK ISLAND, Australia -- A jury of 12 Norfolk Islanders was sworn in Monday for the tiny South Pacific island's first murder trial since it was settled 151 years ago by descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers.