22 children now thought to be victims of Barendrecht abuser
The number of children involved in the Barendrecht sex abuse case has gone up to 22, the public prosecution department said on Thursday.
A 45-year-old man from the Zuid-Holland town was arrested earlier this month in connection with a series of suspected sex attacks on children. He has admitted to abusing 19.
Most of the children were coming towards the end of their time in primary school, he reportedly told the police, indicating they were around 11.
The man surrendered to police on September 10 after criminal complaints were made against him.
The man reportedly works in IT and was described by the neighbour as “a bit of a nerd and not very communicative”.
Police have searched his home and a campsite in Hoeven where he has a caravan and visited regularly with his children. The Telegraaf said earlier that many of the victims are friends of his own offspring.
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