Brian Michael John Young (born 10 September 1954) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands from December 1984 until 1 January 1991. In 2007, Young was found guilty of rape and indecent assault, and was sentenced to six years and six months in prison.
Young served as a Magistrate on the Pitcairn Islands and was made Council Representative to the School Maintenance Committee in 1994. He later moved to New Zealand. [1]
During a special sitting of the Pitcairn Supreme Court in New Zealand, Young was found guilty of child sex offences during his time on the Pitcairn Islands in January 2007. [1] Two years earlier, the 2004 Pitcairn Islands sexual assault trial had resulted in six men being found guilty on 35 charges of similar crimes. A third of the men on the island were charged during the trial and the result was said to have shocked the islanders according to the New Zealand Herald. [1] [2] Young was tried alongside Shawn Christian, a descendant of Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and a future mayor of the Pitcairn Islands. [1] [3] After the trial, Young was extradited to the Pitcairn Islands to be sentenced. [1] In March 2007, Young was sentenced to six and a half years in jail by Chief Justice Charles Blackie of the Pitcairn Supreme Court. [4]
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