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| Detectives investigating allegations of historic child abuse at north Wales care homes have arrested a 62-year-old man in Leicester. | Detectives investigating allegations of historic child abuse at north Wales care homes have arrested a 62-year-old man in Leicester. |
| The man was held on Wednesday morning on suspicion of sexually assaulting three boys, aged 12 to 14, between 1969 and 1984. | The man was held on Wednesday morning on suspicion of sexually assaulting three boys, aged 12 to 14, between 1969 and 1984. |
| He is the second suspect arrested under Operation Pallial since David Cameron ordered the criminal investigation last November into child abuse at north Wales care homes. | |
| The National Crime Agency, which is leading the inquiry, said: "Officers attached to Operation Pallial today arrested a man in Leicester on suspicion of a number of sexual assaults. The assaults, on three boys, are alleged to have taken place between 1969 and 1984 when they were aged between 12 and 14 years old. | The National Crime Agency, which is leading the inquiry, said: "Officers attached to Operation Pallial today arrested a man in Leicester on suspicion of a number of sexual assaults. The assaults, on three boys, are alleged to have taken place between 1969 and 1984 when they were aged between 12 and 14 years old. |
| "No further information about the arrest, or the specific nature of the offences being put to him, will be provided. An update will be issued when the man is either charged, bailed or released from police custody following interview." | "No further information about the arrest, or the specific nature of the offences being put to him, will be provided. An update will be issued when the man is either charged, bailed or released from police custody following interview." |
| In April, detectives said more than 140 people had told police they were the victims of abuse at 18 children's homes across north Wales over three decades. | |
| The complainants, almost all men who were aged between seven and 19 at the time of the alleged offences, have identified 84 people as responsible for attacks said to have taken place between 1963 and 1992. | The complainants, almost all men who were aged between seven and 19 at the time of the alleged offences, have identified 84 people as responsible for attacks said to have taken place between 1963 and 1992. |
| The first Operation Pallial arrest – a man from Ipswich who has been bailed until the end of July – took place on 23 April. | The first Operation Pallial arrest – a man from Ipswich who has been bailed until the end of July – took place on 23 April. |
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