Up the Hill of Difficulty
From The Pitcairn Trials by Always True Crime
January 8, 2025 · 33 min · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges faced by Kent WPC Gail Cox as she attempts to bring law and order to Pitcairn amidst allegations of serious crimes.
Kent WPC Gail Cox is chosen as the woman to bring law to Pitcairn. She sets off to Pitcairn to teach the locals how to Police themselves. At a drunken Pitcairn party, one evening, another girl makes an allegation of rape. Detective Peter George returns to Pitcairn and a distressing and astonishing picture begins to emerge of child sexual abuse on an unimaginable scale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Always True Crime
Topics covered
- law enforcement
- sexual abuse
- island culture
- true crime
- community policing
Keywords
- Pitcairn
- Gail Cox
- Peter George
- rape
- child abuse
- law enforcement
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Pitcairn
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