Sex trials: mayor first in dock
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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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Reports that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick exchanged romantic text-messages with his top aide raise the question of whether he committed perjury last summer.
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Women on the tiny Pacific Island of Pitcairn have criticised forthcoming sex abuse trials that will see half the island&#39;s men - including the mayor - in the dock.
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The first criminal trial to involve former staff of disgraced energy firm Enron is under way in Texas, with two Enron staff and four bankers in the dock.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island has changed his plea to guilty and faces sentencing for sexually assaulting young girls, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.
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A woman wept as she described being raped as a young girl by a man who is now mayor of Pitcairn Island, as his sex abuse trial opened on this remote rocky outcrop populated by descendants of the 18th-century Bounty mutineers.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island was the first of seven men accused of sex abuse to stand trial yesterday as the historic case got under way in the Pacific outpost.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who gained national attention by championing same-sex marriage, said on Monday he would seek treatment for alcohol use, an announcement that follows his admission of an affair with his campaign manager's wife.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 9--On Monday, Destin's city councilors will have their first chance to discuss the latest plan for the future of the city's harbor area.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 25 -- Last year, Detroit's flamboyant and controversial mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, denied under oath that he had had an affair with his chief of staff. Now the Detroit Free Press's revelation of 14,000 flirtatious and sometimes graphic sexual text messages between Kilpatrick and Chris...
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The mayor of the tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn has pleaded not guilty to sex abuse charges, reports say. Steve Christian was the first of seven men to appear in a trial highlighting a local culture of underage sex.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 9--The wheels of justice have begun turning for Destin's City Council.  On Monday, the council voted to submit a city controversy over City Manager Greg Kisela and the councilors who've criticized him to the Office of the State Attorney for review.
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A prominent judge went on trial Monday on charges that he exposed himself to a woman on two separate occasions last year while travelling on trains in the capital.
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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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It's a hot tourist destination. But the trial of a man accused of murdering dozens of prostitutes is exposing the picturesque city's dark side
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A judge reinstated criminal charges Wednesday against a small-town mayor who got in trouble for marrying a series of gay couples last year.
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The trial of seven people accused of forming a child sex ring in Portuguese care homes is set to begin.