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70 year old foreign national charged for alleged child exploitation

70 year old foreign national charged for alleged child exploitation
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The Criminal Investigations Department has charged a 70 year old foreign national for alleged child exploitation.

CID Headquarters and CID Sigatoka investigated the reports where the accused is alleged to have committed the offences involving two victims aged 13 and 14 on three different occasions in January, April and May this year.

In January, the accused is alleged to have performed a sexual act in front of the 13 year old boy.

In the second incident reported earlier this month, he is accused of sexually assaulting the 13 year old boy in his home.

Police say the boy had accompanied the accused on a rafting trip, after which they returned to his Sigatoka home.

They say after dinner, the boy said he felt unwell and wanted to rest.

Police add the boy reported that later the same night, that the accused is alleged to have sexually assaulted him.

The accused is also alleged to have during the Easter weekend, indecently insulted the second victim, a 14-year old boy by depicting a sexual act using adult toys. The 70 year old has been charged with one count of sexual assault and two counts of indecently insulting or annoying a person.

He will be produced in the Sigatoka Magistrates Court today.

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