Thursday, September 30, 2004

Half the men on small island charged with rape


Pitcairn Island is a tiny, remote island off the coast of New Zealand (thanks to everyone who pointed out that Pitcairn isn't close to NZ at all) with only 46 people living on it. Seven of the men there -- more than half the adult male population, including the mayor -- have been charged with over about 100 counts of sexual assault, including the rape of a five year old. The charges arose after a British policewoman visited the island and met some of the girls, who told her what had been going on. This blog entry has links to articles from various news-sites on the trial.
The residents of the island are descendants of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty and the local Polynesian population in 1790.
Link (Thanks, Cyrus!)



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