Sex trials open on Pacific&#39;s &quot;Mutiny on Bounty&quot; island
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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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SYDNEY -- Six men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn, media there reported yesterday, following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the island home of descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers. Among those convicted was the island's mayor, Steve Christian, who claims to be a direct descendant ...
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Half the adult males in Pitcairn, the tiny island community created by Fletcher Christian, are going on trial over sex abuse. Kathy Marks reports.
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The trial for former Internet idol Takafumi Horie was scheduled to open Monday in a case that underlines a modernizing Japan's efforts to grapple with the rise of ventures and define the legal boundaries for aggressive stock trading.
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A leading member of the US-based Seventh Day Adventist Church called for the immediate adjournment of a series of sex trials on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island.
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Seven Pitcairn men facing sexual assault charges have made an eleventh hour bid to stop their trials on the remote Pacific island.
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The Pitcairn public prosecutor says the sex abuse trials in which five men have been found guilty of rape and indecent assault were only the tip of the iceberg.
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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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A New Zealand man goes on trial on the remote Norfolk Island, charged with the first murder there in 150 years.
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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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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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A 78-year-old man has became the latest to face sex abuse allegations on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island, founded more than 200 years ago by mutineers.
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A group of women on the tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn criticise sex abuse trials about to start on the island.
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Police are due to give evidence for the first time in the sex abuse trials on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. The court will be shown a police video interview with the mayor of the island, Steve Christian.
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Six men guilty of sex crimes on remote Pitcairn Island will remain free till a legal appeal is decided. The verdicts were read out yesterday by New Zealand judges who had sat in makeshift courts in the Pitcairn
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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.