A 72-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a child on a Costa del Sol beach.
The eight-year-old girl returned to her family crying after the incident, which took place on Benalmadena beach at around 7pm yesterday.
She told her parents a man had made advances before sexually abusing her.
The family alerted officials and the pensioner was later arrested on suspicion of the crime.
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