News Burst: Paedophile alert for children's charity

London-based children's charity Kidscape had its entire computer database stolen Sunday as part of a suspected paedophile operation.

The highly-sensitive information contained the case histories of 20,000 abused children, including their addresses and telephone numbers.

The police is concerned that a paedophile ring planned the burglary in an attempt to target vulnerable children.

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