Six guilty of sex attacks on Pitcairn

6.40pm

UPDATE - Six of the seven men charged with sex attacks on Pitcairn Island have been found guilty.

Mayor Steve Christian was found guilty of five rapes of girls as young as 12. He was found not guilty of four counts of indecent assault and one rape.

His son Randy Christian has been found guilty of four rapes and four indecent assaults.

The oldest defendant Len Brown has been found guilty of two rapes, while his son, Dave Brown, has been found guilty of nine indecent assaults.

Dennis Christian pleaded guilty to three indecent assaults during his trial.

Another of the island's senior figures, Jay Warren, was the only man found not guilty on all charges.

The seven men were charged with a litany of offences dating back 40 years, including molesting children as young as five.

Sentencing takes place on Thursday but the six found guilty will not go straight to jail as an appeal to the Privy Council in London, challenging British jurisdiction on the island, is pending.

- HERALD STAFF, Newstalk ZB