Sex case islanders face prison decision wait

Seven men on trial for alleged sex attacks on tiny Pitcairn island – home to descendants of the Bounty mutineers – might have to wait until next year to learn if they will face jail, British officials said today.

Sex case islanders face prison decision wait

Seven men on trial for alleged sex attacks on tiny Pitcairn island – home to descendants of the Bounty mutineers – might have to wait until next year to learn if they will face jail, British officials said today.

Britain’s High Commission in Wellington is responsible for governing the territory, a tiny speck of rock midway between New Zealand and South America, settled by mutineers from the warship HMS Bounty in 1790.

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