Suspected members of sex abuse ring arrested

UNITED KINGDOM
The Sun

By KAREN MORRISON

Published: 06th February 2013

TWO suspected paedophiles have been arrested as cops investigate historic child abuse at a London guesthouse and care home.

The men, aged 66 and 70, were arrested in raids at their homes in Norfolk and East Sussex this morning.

The allegations are linked to Elm Guest House and the Grafton Close care home in Barnes, south west London.

The Elm Guest House was allegedly run as a male brothel in the early 1980s and boys from the care home are alleged to have been taken there to be used by adult men.

A child protection campaigner claims the house was raided in the 1980s by cops but the evidence no longer exists. …

Commander Peter Spindler from the Met Police said: “It is vital that anyone who has been affected by or has information about activity in the early 1980s at the Elm Guest House, or the Grafton Close care home, in Barnes, speaks to the NSPCC on their helpline on 0808 800 5000, or their local police.”

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