Babysitter charged with molesting child

Murray Thwaites

Last Updated: Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:48 AM

OCALA --

A 71-year-old Ocala man is facing charges for molesting one of the children he was babysitting for a friend.

Police in Ocala first arrested Murray Thwaites on Thursday.

On Friday, four additional charges were filed against him.

Police say the victim is a 5-year-old girl.

The victim's mother told police Thwaites took the child into his bedroom and molested her.

The mother said Thwaite and his wife had been babysitting the girl and her younger brother.

When confronted by the child's mother, police say Thwaites admitted to the crime.

Investigators said they also found four sexually graphic images of the girl on the suspect's camera.

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