Briton held on 'paedophile trip to US'

A mother invited a suspected British paedophile to travel to the US to abuse her children after meeting him through the internet, police said today.

Detectives arrested the 37-yearold man in Surrey today in connection with allegations of sex abuse involving three children - a boy aged nine and two girls aged seven and four.

Single mother Kender Henry, 25, met the man on a paedophile website and invited him to her home in Dallas, Texas.

The unnamed man, who is single and works as a piano tuner, travelled from his home in Dorking to visit the family a number of times. It is believed he helped out with bills in return for being allowed to abuse the children.

One police source said: "How a mother can do this to her children is difficult to understand."

The American authorities have charged Henry with inciting someone to travel to the US "for the purposes of sex with minors".

The case emerged as police revealed that more than 100 children in the UK had been rescued from abuse by Operation Ore, the nationwide inquiry into suspected internet paedophiles launched two years ago.