Paedophile who used nursery iPad to record abuse is every parent's worst nightmare'

"A paedophile who used a work-issued iPad to record him abusing toddlers in a nursery is every parent's worst nightmare and has shattered their trust in childcare, a court heard. Vincent Chan, 45, operated without detection for almost two decades as he worked as a primary school teaching assistant, before later being hired as a nursery worker. His horrific crimes were finally exposed after police uncovered a cache of indecent images on his laptop."

"He was initially arrested on suspicion of child neglect after he filmed children in distress crying, wetting themselves and eating their own mucus superimposing audio or imagery over the videos in an apparent attempt at humour, prosecutor Philip Stott told Wood Green Crown Court. But after seizing his devices, officers also discovered footage he had filmed up school children's skirts as they sat at their desks,"

Vincent Chan used a work-issued iPad and personal devices to film and store indecent images of children and adults over many years. He worked as a primary school teaching assistant for almost two decades before being employed as a nursery worker. Police found a cache of images on his laptop after concerns were raised at Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead. Seized devices contained footage of children filmed in distress, up schoolgirls' skirts, pictures of his genitals in a classroom, and videos of sexual abuse of four toddlers during nap time. Some images were organized into folders under children's names. He also used hidden cameras to record women and sexually assaulted an asleep woman. He pleaded guilty to 56 charges. Hundreds of families were notified and widespread trust in early years care has been damaged.

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