Police in southern Spain arrest Brit wanted in historic sexual abuse case

SPANISH police have arrested a British man wanted by UK authorities in a historic sexual abuse case against a minor.

The man was arrested in Alicante some 20 years after the case was reported.

Authorities said the man befriended the victim’s father to get close to the minor, who he then repeatedly abused at is home between October 1994 and the spring of 1995.

He is also alleged to have abused another boy, a friend of the victim, during the same period.

He lured him to his house with promises of alcohol and tobacco, officials say.

The suspect has been charged with eight counts of abuse against a 16-year-old minor.

He faces a 10-year-sentence if found guilty.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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