Female nursery worker on child porn charges

A female nursery worker in the UK was charged today with seven offences including making and distributing indecent images of children and sexual assault, police said.

Vanessa George, 39, from Plymouth, Devon, worked at the Little Ted’s nursery in Laira.

George, from Efford, faces four counts of sexual assault and three further counts – making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.

She remains in custody in Plymouth and will appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

The nursery, which operates from an adjoining school and church, remains closed today.

The arrest of George, a mother of two, followed that of a man from Littleborough, near Rochdale, who was charged yesterday with possessing and distributing indecent images.

Colin Blanchard, 38, appeared at Trafford Magistrates’ Court.

Officers said computer equipment, including a disc containing images of “a serious nature”, were among the items seized during its operation.

Officers have refused to confirm that the images involved children at the nursery.