SIX men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse of children on the tiny home of descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers.

A woman testifying against two men she claims raped her as a child said she couldn’t tell anyone about the assaults because of the closed community mentality on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn.

The remote Pacific island of Pitcairn remains a British territory despite claims it is independent, as prosecutors told a court that must rule if seven men facing sex charges should be tried under British law.