Two men charged with historic sex offences at children's centre

TWO men have been charged with historic child sexual exploitation at a former children's centre.

- GEORGE THOMPSON Press Association

Gwent Police said the two men have been charged with 45 alleged offences between them, relating to 16 victims.

The alleged sexual and physical offences took place predominantly at the Coed Glas Assessment Centre, in Abergavenny, between the 1970s and 1990s.

Angus Riddell, 69, of Cwmbach, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has been charged with 38 offences, including three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 and one count of attempted indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16.

He is also charged with 14 counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 14, and 20 counts of assault, ill-treatment, neglect, abandoning a child, or causing a young person unnecessary suffering or injury.

Robin Griffiths, 65, from Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, has been charged with seven counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 14.