US tourist’s ‘child abuse’ case dropped

AN American woman accused of travelling thousands of miles to commit a child sex offence in north Wales has been cleared after her case was dropped.

Christine Lacson Abad, 27, of Cary, North Carolina, was charged with arranging a child sex offence, attempting to groom a 15-year-old in Wrexham and two more sex offences.

But the Crown Prosecution Service said it was no longer pursuing the case.

It said the decision followed further information from North Wales Police.