More parents whose children attended Little Ted's nursery - and who were told their children may have been sexually abused and photographed by Vanessa George - have revealed how there was no support over the past decade.

Some have said they fear their children will begin to ask difficult questions or begin to investigate their own past, or may suffer flashbacks after seeing her face plastered across the news and newspapers, .

One couple, whom Plymouth Live are calling Kate and Pete and are not identifying the gender of their child to protect all their identities, said they were left shocked at the news of her release, which they only learned of after seeing it in the media.

Kate said: "I don't understand how they say she is now safe to be around children, considering for the last ten years she hasn't been around children.


"How can they say she hasn't been a risk to children?

"She should never be released.

"Still, even to this day, I think to myself 'did she put my child through anything?'

"[My child] did see it on TV when it was on the news and they immediately said 'it's the nasty lady'. They're a teen now."


Kate reveals that since the jailing of George there has been no assistance from any organisation.

She said:"Nothing - nothing at all. I do look at both sides of the story and to be honest what help could they given us really?"

Protesters outside Bristol Crown Court, as Little Ted's Nursery worker Vanessa George is sentenced

Pete added: "We knew she was coming out eventually and that there was nothing we could do about it. I really do hope that the families affected in this will get some help now. I can only imagine what they are going through.

"We were told that our child was fine, that she didn't do anything to our child. But you're never sure are you?

"They should've just cut her head off - it's plain and simple to me. Torture her first the way she has tortured the kids and the parents."


Pete said he was aware city MP Luke Pollard has raised the issue of George's early release and how parents affected want her returned to prison.

He said: "What I don't get is how they say she is not a threat to children. If someone robbed a bank, I can understand them being given a second chace.

Police hand out a letter to parents and carers as they arrive at the unit following the arrest of Vanessa George

"But if you do something like that to a child, do you want to give them a chance to do it again? She should be sent away for life, like the judge originally said.

"Imagine what would happen if one of the parents ever saw her out on the street. If they go to another town and see her in front of them.

"You can't just walk past. You'd see her and go 'that's Vanessa George there, she sexually abused my child and sent photos to another paedophile'. Could you just walk past her?"

Kate concurred and felt before long she would be seen or tracked down.

She said: "She has a face you wouldn't forget. She can lose lots of weight and get her hair done and still we would know her.

"She still hasn't confessed to who she abused - that's the point.

Facebook photo of Vanessa George

"I think she should've stayed inside forever - why should she get the chance? They're letting her have a second chance by getting out, but she never confessed to who she abused.

"My child used to go there [Little Ted's nursery] and when we walked to it they would say 'my leg hurts' and afterwards I would wonder if it was true or whether they didn't want to go in."

Kate said she recalled one time when she went to pick her child up and they had wet themselves and George was keen to help.


Kate said: "She said 'oh, I'll go and change them' but I  said I could do it. I wonder if she would have used the opportunity like she did with the other children. I would never have forgiven myself.

"Even as a toddler my child would see pictures of Vanessa and would say 'that's the nasty lady'. It always made us worry."

George banned from Devon and Cornwall

Paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George must not enter Devon and Cornwall following her release from prison.

The former Little Ted's nursery worker, now 49, was jailed for a minimum of seven years in 2009 for disgusting sex crimes against small children.








They added: "The panel will have carefully looked at a whole range of evidence, including details of the original evidence and any evidence of behaviour change. This is done with great care and public safety is the number one priority."