15-08-2013, 12:19 PM
Fifth man arrested in north Wales care homes child abuse inquiry
The 62-year-old man was arrested under Operation Pallial investigation for alleged offences against two boys in 1980s- Josh Halliday
- theguardian.com, Thursday 15 August 2013 20.17 AEST
Operation Pallial is being led by Keith Bristow (pictured) director-general of the newly-formed National Crime Agency. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA
A fifth man has been arrested under the Operation Pallial investigation into historic abuse at care homes in north Wales.
The 62-year-old man was arrested in Wrexham, north Wales, on Thursday morning on suspicion of buggery and indecent assault on two boys in the 1980s.
The offences are alleged to have taken place when the boys were 14 and 15 years old, police said. The man has been taken to a police station in north Wales, where he will be interviewed.
He is the fifth arrest under Operation Pallial, the police investigation ordered by David Cameron last year into allegations of abuse at care homes in north Wales. One man has been charged under the inquiry.
Operation Pallial police said in a statement: "No further information about the arrest, or the specific nature of the offences being put to him, will be provided. An update will be issued when the man is either charged, bailed or released from police custody following interview."
John Allen, 71, from Ipswich in Suffolk, was the first to be charged under Operation Pallial. He is accused of 32 serious sexual offences including 22 indecent assaults and one offence of gross indecency against 15 boys and girls between 1968 and 1989.
The Crown Prosecution Service said last month that 187 people were now speaking to investigators about alleged abuse.
Operation Pallial is being led by Keith Bristow, director general of the newly-formed National Crime Agency.
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