US EditionPaedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison
Vincent Chan abused children aged 2-4 at a north London nursery and amassed over 26,000 indecent images, highlighting severe safeguarding failures, authorities said.
- On Feb 12, 2026, Vincent Chan was jailed for 18 years at Wood Green Crown Court and will serve eight years on licence after admitting 56 offences involving over one million indecent images.
- Following internal escalation to the local authority and police, a whistleblower at Bright Horizons raised concerns in June 2024, leading to Chan's arrest on June 11, 2024.
- In court, the prosecution said his offences included molesting four girls aged three and four between 2022 and 2024, pleading guilty in December to 26 charges and in January to 30 more involving indecent images and voyeurism.
- Fifty families have joined legal action against Bright Horizons, while the NSPCC helpline on 0800 028 0828 was established, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Feb 11 the government is consulting on making nursery CCTV mandatory.
- Families of children who attended the Bright Horizons nursery said Chan's crimes had `created a permanent ache in our hearts`, with victim statements describing lasting trauma.
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In the UK, a kindergarten teacher was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for sexual abuse of children. The judge spoke of "absolutely evil, perverted and abominable deeds. The 45-year-old had more than 26,000 abuses of children, which he had partly made himself – at his workplace. The prosecution described the man as "the worst nightmare of all parents." He accepted the sentence emotionally. "They have become a sex offender and have cle…
Vincent Chan was arrested for the first time in June 2024 after an employee of the crèche was reported, shocked that he had filmed children in degrading situations.
By PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) — A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing young children, some as young as 2, in his care in London. Vincent Chan had admitted to 56 charges, first at a primary school and then at a nursery, over a 15-year period. His admissions included sexual assault with penetration, sexual assault by touching, and the creation of indecent images. At the sentencing hearing at Wood Green Crow…
‘Utterly wicked, perverse and depraved’: U.K. nursery worker jailed for sexually assaulting children
A British nursery worker was jailed for 18 years on Thursday for sexually assaulting young children in his care and filming the attacks, in what the sentencing judge described as “utterly wicked, perverse and depraved” abuse.
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