Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest

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How it spread - 2 original reports

1. Sat, 10 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World15:00first to report
     Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest

     Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiry A paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested. In February, Vincent Chan was jailed after pleading guilty to 56 offences , including assault by penetration on three-year-old girls in his care at a Bright Horizons nursery on Finchley Road in north-west London. After his conviction, prosecutors...

2. Tue, 13 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World18:41
     ‘There was a chance to stop him’: Parents react with fury to paedophile nursery worker revelations

     More than 50 families call for investigation into how Vincent Chan was allowed to return to job after inquiry by nursery The parents of the victims of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan have reacted with fury to the news that he was cleared to return to work after “significant concerns” were raised by the parent of a young girl. As first revealed in the Guardian , Chan was reported to his employer, the nursery chain Bright Horizons, by a concerned parent in 2021. Continue reading...