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Police arrested a teacher in Madrid on charges of sexually abusing 36 children between the ages of four and eight.
The man posted recordings of the abuse online, the police said.
He had abused his position as a teacher to gain the trust of the children and their parents.
In addition, the man, who comes from Great Britain, is said to have also worked as a babysitter.
The Briton falsified his name and the required evidence of childcare that he had never been prosecuted for sexual abuse.
In fact, he had already been sentenced to two years in prison in his home country for possession of images depicting child sexual abuse, the police wrote.
The Australian police have given the first indication of recordings of sexual abuse that may have been made in Spain and that were spread on the Internet.
A year ago, according to the information, an investigation began as to which people can be seen in the videos and photos and where in Spain the recordings could have been made.
After a school in Madrid was identified, the police checked all the staff.
The fact that the recordings were made with a smartphone with an English-language operating system helped identify the suspect.
In the man's apartment, the investigators then found large amounts of data carriers with relevant images.
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