Police arrested a suspected child abuser in a central London cyber cafe on Wednesday. The unnamed 54 year-old man is suspected of inciting the rape of a youngster, inciting the distribution of child abuse images and of facilitating a child for the purpose of sex.

The operation at an online cybercafe on the Strand was led by officers from Scotland Yard's paedophile unit. Police said the arrest showed that even those who avoided using their own computers to orchestrate child abuse can still be detected and arrested. ®

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