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Nursery staff member arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography

A member of staff at a nursery has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Archive/Press Association Images

A member of staff at a West Midlands nursery has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

The 47-year-old man is employed at Beechwood Childcare’s private nursery based at the Meriden Primary School site in Fillongley Road, Meriden.

The school and the nursery are not linked.

The man, from Chelmsley Wood, was arrested yesterday and computer equipment was seized from his address.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said the force’s online child sexual exploitation team arrested the man on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.

“At this stage of the inquiry, there is no evidence to suggest any inappropriate contact between the worker and children, or that any of the alleged images relate to children who attend the nursery. “The man has been released on police bail - with conditions not to have any unsupervised contact with anyone under 16 and not to access the internet - and inquiries into the matter continue.”

– A spokesman for West Midlands Police

A spokesman for Beechwood Childcare declined to comment on the arrest.