Ex-soldier on child porn charge in France
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Your support makes all the difference.A former British soldier has been arrested in France for possessing child pornography. The man, who has not been named, is also accused of trying to rape and threatening to kill a British woman, whose house he was staying in, after she found the pornography.
The 50-year-old man is wanted by British authorities for breaching his probation terms after serving a prison sentence for assaulting an 11-year-old girl.
He had moved to a small village in central France two years ago. The gendarmerie said that the woman, 56, had discovered thousands of pornographic images on his computer.
The ex-soldier, who served in Afghanistan and the Gulf War, appeared before a magistrate in Montluçon and was remanded in custody. British authorities are seeking a warrant to bring him back to Britain.
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