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10:42am 29th June 2015
(Updated 3:20pm 29th June 2015)
Police are investigating historic sex abuse claims at a County Durham approved school.
Detectives say they are currently looking at three separate reports from complainants while they attended Stanhope Castle.
In a statement, Detective Superintendent Paul Goundry from Durham Constabulary said:
"We are currently investigating three separate reports from complainants alleging they were the victims of sexual offences while they were at the school.
"These allegations relate not to former members of staff but two other individuals who had access to the school premises.
"The offences are said to have happened in the 1950's and the early 1970's."
Stanhope Castle approved school closed in the early 1980s and was converted into private flats which are still lived in today.
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