Paedophile admits sexually assaulting toddlers at London nursery

A man passed vetting to get a job at a London nursery where he sexually assaulted toddlers, some during their nap time, while they were in his care.

Vincent Chan, 45, who worked at a north London branch of the Bright Horizons nursery group, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 26 offences from 2022 to 2024, including attacks on four young girls whom he sexually assaulted and offences relating to more than 25,000 indecent images of children.

Chan, of Finchley, north London, also filmed some of his sexual attacks on the girls, aged between two and four, with the nursery’s iPads.

A review will establish whether safeguarding procedures were followed. Some parents are considering legal action against the nursery and told the Guardian that complaints they had made about Chan’s behaviour to the nurs