Nursery Abuse Workers Jailed Indefinitely

The two women at the centre of the Plymouth nursery abuse case have been given indefinite jail sentences.

Vanessa George, 39, a mother-of-two from Plymouth in Devon, had previously pleaded guilty to seven sexual assaults on children and six charges of distributing and making indecent pictures of children, while her co-accused mother-of-one Angela Allen, 39, from Nottingham, had admitted to four charges of sexually assaulting children and one charge of distributing an indecent image.

At sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday, George was told that she would serve a minimum of seven years, while Allen was told that she will serve at least five years.

A third defendant, Colin Blanchard, 39, from Rochdale, is due to be sentenced later. He had previously pleaded guilty to 17 charges of child pornography, two charges of sexually assaulting children and one charge of possessing extreme pornography. He will also face further charges.

(KMcA/BMcc)