Hurstpierpoint College: Two men arrested over alleged sex offences
The offences are alleged to have happened at Hurstpierpoint College
Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into historic sexual abuse at a West Sussex school.
A 60-year-old man from Hillingdon in London has been held on suspicion of buggery of a boy under 16 years of age, in relation to an alleged incident at Hurstpierpoint College in 1988.
A 73-year-old man from Hassocks in West Sussex has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an indecent photograph of a child in relation to an incident in the 1990s.
Both have been released under investigation.
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