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| Child sex abuse case PC found dead at home in Norfolk | |
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| A police officer suspected of child sex abuse was found dead at home, it has emerged. | |
| Norfolk Police said PC Gareth Gricks, 53, was found hanging at his home in Dunton, near Fakenham, on 6 August. | |
| The force said he was suspected of abuse involving victims from south-east Asia, using online forums to make contact with young girls. | The force said he was suspected of abuse involving victims from south-east Asia, using online forums to make contact with young girls. |
| PC Gricks, who was arrested at home after a holiday in Thailand, would have faced nine charges, police said. | |
| They included three counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, five offences of sexual assault against a woman and one count of making indecent images of children. | |
| Dismissed from force | |
| A coroner's inquest opening heard PC Gricks was found in his garage by a family member. | |
| PC Gricks is understood to have told his family some details about the investigation a few days earlier. | |
| The policeman, who was divorced with adult children, was arrested at his home after returning from a holiday in Thailand in July. | |
| He had since been dismissed from the force for gross misconduct. | |
| The charges relate to multiple possible victims thought to be aged over 10 and under 16. The offence against the woman was committed in the UK. | |
| About 100 indecent images were found on his computer. | |
| None of the offences was committed while he was on duty, police said. |