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Two men have been charged by police investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse. | Two men have been charged by police investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse. |
Charles Napier, 66, of Sherborne, Dorset, is accused of inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency. | |
Richard Alston, 69, of Suffolk, faces five counts of indecent assault and three of gross indecency with a child. | |
The offences were allegedly carried out in the late-1970s against an 11-year-old. Mr Napier is the half-brother of Conservative MP John Whittingdale. | |
Mr Napier and Mr Alston have been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 July. | |
The men were arrested in June last year by officers from Operation Fairbank, which was established in 2012 to investigate historical allegations of child sex abuse. | |
The men were held under a strand of Fairbank called Operation Cayacos. | |
Mr Whittingdale is chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. |
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