UNITED KINGDOM
ITV
Three men and a woman have been charged with historic offences relating to sexual abuse at children’s homes in Leeds.
The four were arrested as part of Operation Polymer, an ongoing investigation into physical and sexual abuse at children’s homes in Leeds in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
70-year-old Roy Lovatt from Redcar has been charged with five counts of indecent assault and seven counts of buggery. The charges relate to the former Thorp Arch Grange Children’s Home, in Wetherby, in the 1970s and 1980s.
A further three people have been charged in relation to events at the former Shadwell children’s home in the 1980s and 1990s.
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