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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd police and crime correspondent

Paedophile passed vetting to work at London primary school and nursery

Vincent Chan
Vincent Chan will be sentenced next month for all 56 offences he has admitted against children, girls and women. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

A paedophile passed supposedly strict vetting to gain positions of trust in a primary school and then a nursery where he carried out a campaign of sexual offences in broad daylight against toddlers and young girls.

The extensive offending history of Vincent Chan, 45, spanning over a decade, is emerging bit by bit as detectives go through digital material on his phones and other devices seized after his arrest in June 2024.

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