A house in a quiet Coulsdon cul-de-sac has been declared a crime scene following the arrest of its owner on Sunday.
Crime scene: police have been searching the house in Coulsdon since Sunday
In a statement issued to Inside Croydon, the Metropolitan Police say that the arrest follows allegations of historic child sexual abuse.
The Met confirm that, “A man, aged in his 60s, was arrested at an address in Croydon on suspicion of rape.
“He was taken into custody at a south London police station and later released on bail.”
Today, the police said, “Searches of [the] property, and at an allotment area in Coulsdon are ongoing.”
The police say that they received the allegations of “non-recent sexual abuse”, dating to the early 1990s, last Thursday.
“The allegations relate to two males who were both children at the time of the alleged abuse. Both males are being supported by specially trained officers,” a spokeswoman for the Met told Inside Croydon.
“Enquiries by detectives from the Child Abuse Investigation Team based at Lambeth are ongoing,” they said.
Today, one of the neighbours of the house on Cordrey Gardens contacted this website expressing their “concern”.
They said that the house is still being searched by police, and that “a uniformed officer is standing permanently outside”.
Police tape surrounds the property. The rear of the house is screened by blue sheeting.
- If you have a news story about life in or around Croydon, or want to publicise your residents’ association or business, or if you have a local event to promote, please email us with full details at inside.croydon@btinternet.com
Inside Croydon is a member of the Independent Community News Network- Inside Croydon works together with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, as well as BBC London News and ITV London
- Inside Croydon: 3.3million page views in 2021. Seen by 1.6million unique visitors in that 12-month period
