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Man arrested over brutal YouTube child fight film
5:14pm Thursday 27th March 2008
A man has been arrested on suspicion of filming two bloodied school children fighting and posting it on YouTube.
Officers from Sussex Police child protection team based in Crawley have arrested a 21-year-old man from the town.
He is being held on suspicion of aiding and abetting an assault.
The videos appeared on YouTube six days ago showing two children, aged between ten and 12, punching, kicking and headbutting each other.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: Investigations continue to locate the children involved in the video and to ensure their safety."
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Dave, At home says...
5:22pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Numpty, Sussex says...
6:29pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Dave wrote:Boy he must have been committing a traffic offence at the time for our Sussex bobbies to nick him so quick!
Well that was fast work by the police...
josh, Worthing says...
7:39pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Michael Jack, New York NY USA says...
9:08pm Thu 27 Mar 08
"directed" in this awful
video.
Dave, hove says...
2:49am Fri 28 Mar 08
josh wrote:May sund harsh, but you need to learn how to spell.
it may soudn harsh, but peole like this desearve a death snetence, just think of the mental scars haunting them forever, im only 14 and if he did that to me i would have killed him myself
Pedagogue, Crawley Down says...
7:54am Fri 28 Mar 08
like wat me dus!
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