Man arrested over Jersey sex abuse

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The 45-year-old suspect was detained in the UK on Thursday over offences alleged to have taken place in the 1970s and 1980s.

He is the third man to be arrested as part of a continuing historic abuse inquiry on the island.

A Jersey Police spokeswoman said: "The States of Jersey Police can confirm that a third man has been arrested in connection with the ongoing historical abuse inquiry.

"This is in connection with alleged serious sexual crimes at Haut de la Garenne in the 1970s and early 1980s. The arrest of the man, 45, who is Jersey-born, took place in the UK. The States of Jersey Police will not release the name of the man unless he is charged."

The suspect is the second man to be arrested in connection with alleged child abuse at Haut de la Garenne.

Gordon Claude Wateridge, 76, originally from Croydon, south London, is charged with three offences of indecent assault on girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979.

A third man has been arrested as part of the wider abuse inquiry. Claude Donnelly, 68, of St Brelade, is charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Jersey between 1971 and 1974.

Neither man has entered a plea.

The latest arrest came as detectives said new tests had proved "beyond doubt" that the remains of more than one child have been found at Haut de la Garenne.