Matthew Kelly’s holiday home raided in child sex inquiry

POLICE in Sri Lanka were last night sifting through dozens of videos seized from the holiday home of TV presenter Matthew Kelly.

Mon, 20 Jan, 2003 - 00:00

Officers from the country’s National Child Protection Authority raided Kelly’s £100,000 four-bedroom house in the suburb of Colombo on Saturday and took 54 video tapes and a computer.

NCPA chairman, Harendra De Silva, said the raid followed a tip-off from a British journalist.

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Courts Crime Place: Sri Lanka Place: Colombo Person: Matthew Kelly Person: Kelly Person: Harendra De Silva Organisation: National Child Protection Authority Organisation: NCPA Organisation: Surrey Police

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