Hoe ziet het leven op Pitcairn eruit?

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Op woensdag 27 oktober 2004 00:06 schreef Witchfynder het volgende:

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Tijd geleden was er een docu van een stel Noren die de wereld over trekken. Zij waren op zo'n eiland, volgens mij Pitcairn. Ze hebben er idd autos, maar alleen maar pickup trucks. En ze hebben ook een eigen dialect, wat onverstaanbaar is. Ik vond het echt als een soort piratentaal klinken.
De gouverneur werd ook geinterviewed en die had de grootste lol. De gouverneur is overigens altijd iemand uit GB zelfs of wellicht een van de andere gebieden., dat weet ik niet zo meer.

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Op maandag 25 oktober 2004 14:08 schreef ChrisJX het volgende:

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Steve Christian dus De schoonvader van Nadine (die van de zoon bij de neef van haar man)

En de raadsleden zijn Steve's schoonzus (Lea), zijn zus (Brenda), de vrouw van de neef van zijn vrouw (Carol) en nog iemand die ik zo snel niet kan linken

Brenda is trouwens ook de politie-agente van het eiland. Zie ik daar wellicht enige belangenverstrengeling?

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Op woensdag 27 oktober 2004 14:58 schreef freako het volgende:

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Ging die documentaire niet over Tristan da Cunha?

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Terry Young, 45, a descendant of HMS Bounty midshipman Ned Young, faced one charge of rape and seven of indecent assault over a period of almost 20 years. He was convicted of one rape and six indecent assaults but was cleared of one indecent assault charge. He resented being photographed at the trial, and shoved reporter Kathy Marks aside when she tried to take his picture. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.

Randy Christian, 30, son of Steve Christian, was Chairman of the powerful Internal Committee, which effectively made him his father's deputy. He faced five charges of rape and seven of indecent assault against four women between 1988 and 1999. He was also accused of targeting one girl from the age of five or seven, abusing her repeatedly over the next decade. He admitted to having under-age sex with a girl of 11 or 12. He was convicted of four rapes (against the same girl from the age of 10) and five indecent assault charges, but cleared of one rape and two indecent assaults. His six-year prison sentence is the severest ever handed down on Pitcairn. Governor Forbes dismissed him from the chairmanship of the Internal Committee on 30 October 2004 following his refusal to resign.

Steve Christian, Mayor since 1999. He was charged with a total of six rapes and four indecent assaults committed between 1964 and 1975. He pleaded not guilty to all charges of rape and sexual abuse, but admitted to two sexual encounters, which he said were consensual, with underage females. Christian was convicted of five rapes and cleared of four indecent assaults and one rape. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Still protesting his innocence and refusing to resign, he was dismissed from office on 30 October 2004 by the Governor, Richard Fell.

Dave Brown, 49, son of Len Brown. Pleaded guilty on 8 October 2004 to two charges of indecent assault against a 14-year-old girl and one charge of molesting a 15-year-old girl. He continued to deny 12 other charges, including one of forcing a 5-year-old girl to give him oral sex. Brown was found guilty of nine indecent assaults against three girls, but was cleared of four charges of indecent assault and two of gross indecency. Earlier, he had told New Zealand journalist Kathy Marks that he hated reporters and was sick of their "lies." After the verdict, however, his lawyer, Charles Cato, told the court that Brown "regretted any distress caused." He was sentenced to 400 hours' community service and was ordered to undergo counselling.

Postmaster Dennis Christian, 48, pleaded guilty on 5 October 2004 to two charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against young girls. The court was told on 27 October 2004 that Christian had emailed his principal victim to apologize and express his "deep remorse." He was sentenced to 300 hours' community service and was ordered to undergo counselling.

Len Brown, 78, Steve Christian's father-in-law, was convicted of two rapes. Both were committed in a watermelon patch. Through his lawyer, Allan Roberts, Brown refused to apologize. To do so would be "fraudulent," Roberts said. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but on account of his age, he is allowed to apply for home detention instead.