A 68-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing five children in the Vidigueira area has been detained by the Judicial Police.

Agents of the Southern PJ’s Board of Directors have complied with an arrest warrant issued by the Beja Public Prosecutor’s Office, which suspects that the man is the perpetrator of eight child sexual abuse crimes committed between 2015 and 2017.

Theman was already present in court and was ordered, as coercive measures, the periodic presentation, the prohibition of contact with children, the prohibition of exercise of activity and Resident Identity Term.