Six on Pitcairn Island convicted of abuse
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SYDNEY, Australia - Six men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on Pitcairn Island, the isolated Pacific territory that is home to descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers, after trials that exposed a culture of sex abuse in the tiny
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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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CONVICTIONS against six men on charges of sex abuse against women and girls on remote Pitcairn Island over nearly 40 years were &quot;the tip of the iceberg&quot;, public prosecutor Simon Moore said yesterday.
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Four Pitcairn Island men have been sentenced by a British court to prison terms ranging from two to six years for raping underage girls on the remote South Pacific island, a British official says.
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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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Four Pitcairn Island men convicted of multiple sex offenses received jail sentences of between two and six years Friday. Two other men have been ordered to perform community service.
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The trials of seven Pitcairn Island men charged with almost 100 child sex abuse crimes have been delayed till tomorrow. Prosecution police and some court officials had arrived on the island only
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Six of seven men on Pitcairn Island charged with sex crimes have been found guilty. Our correspondent in New Zealand, Gillian Bradford, says the island&#39;s mayor, Steve Christian, has been convicted of some of the most serious offences.
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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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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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Young girls on the tiny UK colony of Pitcairn were treated as sexual playthings and rape was a way of life on the island, a court has been told.
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Four men are given prison sentences and two ordered to do community service for sex offiences on the remote  Pacific island of Pitcairn, a UK colony.
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A special sitting of Pitcairn Island&#39;s court has lifted the order suppressing the names of the seven accused facing sexual abuse charges.
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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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Last week six Pitcairn leaders were convicted of sexual abuse against girls as young as five. Ian Ball, who spent a month on the island with his family, recalls the dawning that all was not as it seemed in the South Seas paradise.
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Seven men on trial for multiple sex abuse crimes on remote Pitcairn Island should know their fate this week, but if convicted they will not immediately go to gaol.
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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.