A Briton arrested in Spain accused of abusing 18 minors

By: Efe 

Spanish police have captured in Torres de Segre in Lleida province (northeast), a man of 60 years claimed by the UK on suspicion of 18 sexual assaults on minors. 
Police said today in a statement, the incident occurred in the town of Bath in England between 1996 and 1999, a period in which the fugitive was the owner of a newspaper business where he had employed minors. 

In 2011 British police reopened the case after locating two new victims. 

All children claimed they worked for, who only identified with initials LK, in a room three floors where the assaults took place. 

Initially, in 1999 he was charged seven offenses to three different victims, two girls and a boy aged between 13 and 15 years. 

On these facts charged, but was released on bail pending trial in the British city of Bristol. 

In February 2000, failed to appear before the courts and the British authorities issued an arrest warrant. 

Following a review of the case by police in Avon and Somerset this year, the agents learned that the escapee had sexually assaulted during the same period two other children more. 

These victims have been refused in 1999 under attack because, he told the police when they reopened the case, is inhibited by the presence of his parents during interrogation. 

In complaints filed against him in 2011 eleven new crimes, including several violations. 

Lleida (Spain) 

taken from: Efe | CaracolTV.com