Woman sexually assaulted baby for paedophile

A COMMUNITY care worker was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting a baby and allowing her boyfriend to take photographs of the abuse on his mobile phone.

Tracy Dawber, 44, let convicted paedophile Colin Blanchard take the photos at her home in Southport, Merseyside, in 2008 as she assaulted the baby on her sofa, Winchester Crown Court heard.

Dawber was found guilty of one count of sexually assaulting a child and five counts of permitting indecent photographs of a child to be taken. She had denied the charges but Blanchard told the court she had taken the lead in the abuse.

Blanchard, 40, of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, previously admitted being involved in the assault, the jury was told. He also admitted he had been involved with other women, including Vanessa George.

George was jailed at Bristol Crown Court last year for abusing children while working at a Plymouth nursery.

Dawber mouthed “Oh, no” as the first guilty verdict was delivered by the foreman. She then shook and wept as the other guilty verdicts were said in court.

The jury of six men and six women took just two hours to find her guilty.

Mr Justice Royce remanded Dawber in custody for pre-sentence reports. He told her: “These are serious offences. A custodial sentence of some length is inevitable.”

The case was adjourned for a date to be fixed.

Dawber is the fifth member of Blanchard’s paedophile ring to face justice. George was jailed indefinitely last year after she admitted feeding Blanchard’s depraved lust with sick pictures of children.

George was obsessed with Blanchard, telling him she was his “paedo whore mum” and sending him eight pictures a week.

George and former prostitute Angela Allen were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for a string of sexual assaults and making and distributing indecent images of children.