Fifth paedophile suspect suicide

PARIS - A fifth suspect in France's mass crackdown on paedophilia has committed suicide

PARIS - A fifth suspect in France's mass crackdown on paedophilia has committed suicide. The man, a schoolteacher, hanged himself in Royan, near Bordeaux, after being released from custody and put under judicial investigation for possession of child sex video cassettes. The teacher was one of more than 800 people rounded up in a highly publicised nationwide police operation last week.

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