Child Abuse

BBC/London Nursery Worker Guilty Of Child Abuse

London Nursery Worker Guilty Of Child Abuse

A nursery worker in north London has admitted to 26 charges of sexual offences involving young children, including sexual assault by penetration, assault by touching, and the creation of indecent images, prosecutors said Wednesday. The man, 45-year-old Vincent Chan, entered guilty pleas during a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court.

Police described the case as among the most “harrowing and complex” that the Metropolitan Police have ever handled.

Chan, who worked at a nursery in Finchley Road, West Hampstead — a branch of a well-known chain that has since closed — was first flagged by a whistleblower. Investigators later discovered …