Third child abuse claims arrest
A third man has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations of a historic paedophile ring in North Wales.
MP's half-brother arrested over sex abuse claims
Detectives investigating historical child abuse claims in North Wales care homes have arrested the half-brother of senior Conservative MP John Whittingdale.
Charles Napier, 65, was held under a new strand of an existing investigation into alleged child abuse in the early 1980s at the Elm Guest House in Barnes, south west London.
Mr Whittingdale, 53, chairman of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said of his half-brother's arrest:
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