the [community's] able-bodied men and 'close' the island", and that the British officials "picked on all the viable young men, the ones who are the backbone of this place". A majority of the island's residents denied or excused the allegations. During the trial, Warren circulated a poem titled "Is Seven a Lucky Number?" that criticized the British government and lawyers' attempts to impose British law against their island's traditions. "There's never an age consent set in our Laws Oh 16 is in the British clause What book they choose What next law will they ruse Why must these Seven men be used" As the case wore on, Warren reflected that "the bottom had fallen out of our world ... We lost our trust for each other." Her brother, Jay Warren, who was accused of "indecent assault", was the only defendant among the seven accused to be acquitted on 24 October 2004. Warren was convicted of assault during a drunken disagreement with another resident when the two were angered by tensions over the sexual abuse matter. The case was prosecuted by a Crown prosecutor and tried by a New Zealand magistrate. Warren was fined NZ$60. The case cost the British government NZ$40,000 to prosecute. Works 1986: A Taste of Pitcairn: The First Pitcairn Island Cookbook 2008: Mi Base side orn Pitcairn ("My Favourite Place on Pitcairn") (compiler) 2010: A Taste of Pitcairn: The First Pitcairn Island Cookbook (updated edition) See also Politics of the Pitcairn Islands List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands References External links Pitcairn Islands Online Pacific Union Collage – Pitcairn Islands Study Centre 1959 births Living people Pitcairn Islands nurses Pitcairn Islands writers Pitcairn Islands politicians Women poets 21st-century women artists Members of the Island Council of the Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands women in politics Pitcairn Islands people of Polynesian descent Pitcairn Islands people of English descent Pitcairn Islands people of American descent Pitcairn Islands people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Pitcairn Islands people of Scottish descent Pitcairn Islands people of Manx descent 21st-century poets 21st-century women writers 21st-century women politicians