Vincent Chan, 45, has admitted 30 new sexual offences, including upskirting of children, adding to 26 previous charges for abusing toddlers at a nursery. The Metropolitan Police revealed that Chan passed strict vetting to work at a north London primary school as a teaching assistant from 2007 to 2017, and later at a Bright Horizons nursery in Finchley Road.
Chan’s offending spanned over a decade, with detectives uncovering digital evidence from 69 devices. He admitted to filming a schoolgirl from under a classroom table in 2011, and committing a sexual act in a classroom. At the nursery, he assaulted children as young as two during naptime in broad daylight.
Police found approximately 25,000 indecent images of children in his possession. Chan also placed covert cameras in his home for voyeurism and sexually assaulted a sleeping woman. He is believed to have worked as a children’s karate instructor.
Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford said: “Vincent Chan is a dangerous and predatory individual, and the scale of his abhorrent offending is shocking. He has repeatedly exploited the trust of those around him.”
Parents of children at the Bright Horizons nursery demanded answers, stating: “These further crimes raise deeply troubling questions about how safeguarding systems could have failed so badly.” Chan is due to be sentenced next month for all 56 offences and faces a potential life sentence.
