20/10/2009

Woman Arrested Over Nursery 'Sex Attack'

A 32-year-old female nursery worker has been arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a child in a Leeds nursery.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed that the woman was detained at the unnamed nursery in the south of the city on Friday.

She has been released on bail while enquiries continue.

Officers from the force's Child and Public Protection Unit are investigating the allegation.

Police have said that the investigation is at an early stage, but said that they believed this was an isolated incident.

(KMcA/BMcC)

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