The main defense consisted of disputing the British sovereignty of the island, and thus the the applicability of British law regarding sexual offenses. Instead, it was claimed that the island had its unique culture permitting the sexual acts that they stood on trial for.
They had to surrender their weapons too. It’s literally an island of defenceless pedophiles if anyone is feeling a little colonial atm.
This was a fucked up read.
The story of how the island came to be us quite interesting. The inhabitants were from a mutiny of the HMS Bounty in the 1800s and in a rejection of British rule they burned the ship.
the island had its unique culture permitting the sexual acts that they stood on trial for.
Oh god, the poor children. Trapped on an Island with psychos