Pitcairn Island, home to the descendants of the Bounty mutineers
Pitcairn Island is home to the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty – the mutiny itself has been the subject of several Hollywood films. The island hosts a tiny community of just 47 people, and it lies 9,000 miles from London, between Panama and New Zealand. It’s long been romanticised as a law-abiding paradise, but in 2004 one of the most unusual trials in the history of the British Empire took place there. Six local men were convicted of systematically raping children as young as eight years old. The case divided observers around the world. In her new book, "Trouble in Paradise" Kathy Marks, who is the Asia Pacific correspondent for the Independent newspaper, and was one of only six journalists accredited to cover the case, talks to Jenni about the case and the island community.
Trouble in Paradise: Uncovering decades of sexual abuse on Britain’s most remote island is published by Harper Perennial ISBN 978-0007286140
