Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest

<p>Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiry</p><p>A paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested.</p><p>In February, Vincent Chan <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/12/london-nursery-worker-sexually-abused-children-jailed-vincent-chan">was jailed after pleading guilty to 56 offences</a>, 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 described him as a “prolific sexual predator”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/10/vincent-chan-paedophile-nursery-worker-camden-council-warning-years-before-arrest">Continue reading...</a>