Wednesday, October 14, 2009

new woman accused over paedophile ring - was also nursery worker

From Times Online 10/13/09 A second woman nursery worker has been charged in connection with the paedophile ring involving nursery worker Vanessa George. Tracy Lyons appeared before magistrates in Portsmouth on Saturday charged with the sexual abuse of a child, taking an indecent image of a child and distributing indecent images of a child....The 39-year-old was arrested following information from Greater Manchester Police, which investigated Colin Blanchard, 39, from Rochdale. Blanchard had a co-ordinating role in the paedophile ring which also included George, 39, from Plymouth, and Angela Allen, 39, from Nottingham. The trio have admitted child sexual abuse and swapping images over the internet....George, Blanchard and Allen will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court next month for 37 child sex offences. Lyons was remanded in custody and will appear in court again on January 18.....George, who worked at Little Ted's Nursery in Plymouth, also said she knew the abuse was "vile" and "disgusting". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6872780.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164

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