Mike Warren (mayor)

For other people with similar names, see Michael Warren (disambiguation).

Mike Warren
3rd Mayor of Pitcairn Islands
In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2013 (2008-01-01 – 2013-12-31)
Governor	George Duncan Fergusson Victoria Marguerite Treadell
Preceded by	Jay Calvin Warren
Succeeded by	Shawn Brent Christian
Personal details
Born	Michael Calvert Warren 1964 (age 60–61) Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
Conviction	Possession of materials depicting child pornography
Sentence	20 months' imprisonment

Michael Calvert Warren (born 1964) is a Pitcairnese politician, who was Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands from 2008 to 2013.

Child pornography

In December 2010, Warren was charged with possessing indecent photos of children and possessing pornographic images, videos and documents involving children.[1] Warren fought to have his case tried in Pitcairn; Crown prosecutors sought to try him in New Zealand.[2] His application was rejected in a hearing held in May 2012, whilst still in office.[3]

In 2016, Warren was found guilty of downloading more than 1,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse. During the time he downloaded the images he was working in child protection. Warren began downloading the images after six male residents on the island, including the then mayor, were found guilty during the Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004. Warren was also convicted of engaging in a "sex chat" with someone who he believed was a 15-year-old girl.[4]

In 2018, the Privy Council refused a bid for appeal, saying that Warren's attempt to appeal using constitutional grounds was an abuse of process.[5]

Indecency conviction

In October 2020 Warren was arrested on three charges of indecent behaviour in a public place, after being accused of walking around the island naked on multiple occasions, including walks through its central square and past its church.[6] In December 2021, he was found guilty of the charges and fined $150. As part of their investigation, police found additional images of Warren walking around the island naked between 2001 and 2010.[7]

References

1. "Pitcairn mayor on child porn charges". smh.com.au. 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
2. "Pitcairn hearing adjourned because of technical glitches". 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
3. "PISC 1" (PDF). Pitcairn Island Government. 12 October 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
4. Ainge Roy, Eleanor (7 March 2016). "Former Pitcairn mayor found guilty over child abuse images". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
5. "Privy Council turns down ex-Pitcairn mayor's appeal". RNZ News. 31 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
6. "Former Pitcairn Island mayor faces three charges of indecent behaviour". RNZ. 14 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
7. Gay, Edward (7 December 2021). "Pitcairn's former mayor guilty of public indecency charges after walking naked through town". Stuff. Retrieved 29 March 2022.