Pitcairn sex abuse man 'believed it was his right'

A Pitcairn Island man on trial for sex abuse used to act as though young girls were available for him whenever he chose, a prosecutor said in a makeshift courtroom on the remote rocky outcrop populated by descendants of the 18th-century Bounty mutineers.

In opening statements, prosecutors charged that Dave Brown, nicknamed The Mouth, abused five victims, including a five-year-old girl and another aged under 13, in a string of attacks. Brown says he is innocent of the 15 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency.