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Nursery worker admits child abuse

A Plymouth nursery worker and her two co-defendants have pleaded guilty to a number of charges relating to sexual assaults against young children.

Vanessa George, 39, from Plymouth, Angela Allen, 39, from Nottingham and Colin Blanchard, 39, from Rochdale, appeared at Bristol Crown Court.

Between them they faced 37 counts of sexual assault and distributing indecent images of children.

Jon Kay reports.

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