Operation Pallial: Wrexham Man Suspected Of 1970s Child Sex Offences Arrested In Malta

Police in Malta have arrested a man over 40 allegations of child abuse spanning nearly 40 years.

Acting on behalf of the National Crime Agency (NCA), Maltese Police Force officers arrested Bryan Davies, aged 70, from Wrexham, at an address in Gozo – an island in the Maltese archipelago.

Officers from the NCA’s Operation Pallial unit, which is the agency’s investigation into non-recent abuse in children’s homes in North Wales in the 1970s and 1980s, sought his arrest as part of an on-going investigation.

The warrant lists 38 offences, including 29 contact offences which allegedly occurred between 1976 and 1978.

The other offences are related to alleged indecent images of children and causing or inciting sexual activity with a child between 2007 and 2013.

A Maltese court last week ruled Davies will be extradited to the UK , the pensioner agreed to the extradition, which should happen this week.

Reports from Malta say Mr Davies waived his right to appeal, which his defence lawyer said was not an admission of guilt.