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Parents can learn names in nursery abuse case

Parents involved in the Vanessa George abuse case are to be able to choose to find out if their children were victimised by the former nursery nurse.

George, 39, revealed a list of children's names to police last week, after pleading guilty last month to seven charges of child abuse and six charges of taking indecent images of children (News, 7 October). Sentencing has been delayed so that more names and material can be gathered.

It is believed that up to 30 children from Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth, where George worked could have been abused.

Speaking at the Bristol Crown Court hearing on Friday (6 November), Mr Justice John Royce said, 'If parents want to find out whether their child has been abused, they should be in a position to do so.

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