Fifth arrest over child cruelty allegations at school
Life Wirral school is rated as "good" by Ofsted inspectors
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A fifth man has been arrested in connections with allegations of child cruelty at an independent school for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
An investigation was launched after the 91热爆 broadcasted video footage recorded by an undercover journalist at the Life Wirral school in Merseyside last month.
A 21-year-old man from Neston, was arrested on suspicion of child cruelty.
He was taken into custody to be interviewed and later released on bail, Merseyside Police said.
If follows the arrests of a 50-year-old man from Birkenhead, a 43-year-old man from Meols, a 21-year-old man from Wallasey and a 26-year-old man from Irby last week.
They were interviewed and also bailed and inquiries were continuing, police added.
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