Brit Paedo Suspect 'Tried To Buy Chilean Boy'
A British paedophile suspect has been deported from Chile after allegedly travelling to the South American country to try to buy a 14-year-old boy.
Nigel Turner, who has not been charged with any offence, was planning to share the teenager with a child sex ring in Europe, police said.
The suspect was held by immigration officers at Valparaiso Airport, in central Chile, after a tip-off by UK detectives.
"British police told us they found the clothes of a Chilean boy at his home and discovered he had been emailing people in this country," public prosecutor Jorge Chocair said.
The boy's mother, who is said to have negotiated with Turner over the sale of her 14-year-old son, denied the claim.
She said: "He only helped us pay my son's school fees - nothing more than that."
Police searched the woman's home in the town of La Calera, near Valparaiso, where Turner had apparently once worked.
The Briton is thought to be a long-term target of UK authorities.
Turner was arrested in Britain in April, suspected of offences involving a European boy. But he was freed on bail, without travel restrictions.
When Turner arrived in Chile last week, he was seized, questioned and then deported. After being flown back to Heathrow Airport he was allowed to go home.
The suspect is now being investigated on two continents.
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