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‘Utterly wicked’ nursery worker who sexually abused children is jailed for 18 years

Moment paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan arrested by police
  • Vincent Chan, a 45-year-old paedophile, has been jailed for 18 years with an additional eight years on licence for a campaign of sexual abuse and voyeurism.
  • Chan targeted girls and women aged between two and 70, including sexually abusing toddlers in a nursery and filming up school children's skirts.
  • His crimes were uncovered after police found a cache of one million indecent images on his laptop following concerns raised by a colleague at a Bright Horizons nursery.
  • He used a work-issued iPad to record abuse, transferred material to his personal computer, and organised images into folders under children's names.
  • Chan's conduct was described as 'utterly wicked, perverse and depraved,' causing widespread distress and damaging trust in early years care.
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