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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sirin Kale Investigations correspondent

‘There was a chance to stop him’: Parents react with fury to paedophile nursery worker revelations

Chan in a mugshot-style photo
Vincent Chan was reported to his employer by a concerned parent in 2021 but was cleared to return to work. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA

The parents of the victims of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan have reacted with fury to the news that he was cleared to return to work after “significant concerns” were raised by the parent of a young girl.

As first revealed in the Guardian, Chan was reported to his employer, the nursery chain Bright Horizons, by a concerned parent in 2021.

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