From BBC News website - "The first prosecution witness described how as an 11 or 12-year-old girl she was taunted on the island for being a "half-caste" and that she had been targeted and raped by Steve Christian (Pitcairn's mayor) on four occasions.

She said she was held down by the defendant and two other men in the first attack.

There was no one she or her parents could turn to on the island, she reportedly said.

Mr Christian pleaded not guilty to six charges of rape and four of indecent assault of four women, the AFP news agency quoted local media reports."



While I agree that this is not final and damning evidence, it's convinced me that that is not about a few yokels who can't tell 15 from 16 but about something altogether less innocuous that definitely does merit a criminal investigation.