The trio met on the social networking website Facebook A Plymouth nursery worker and two other people she met online have admitted a series of child sex abuse charges. Vanessa George, Angela Allen, from Nottingham, and Colin Blanchard, from Rochdale, all 39, had never met in person before they appeared in court. Abuse was recorded on mobile phones and images exchanged via e-mail and text. Police, who described the abuse as "horrific", are continuing to try to identify victims at George's nursery. The three will be sentenced next month. Children's Secretary Ed Balls said it was a "deeply distressing and disturbing case" and he expected the serious case review to be completed as soon as possible. "It is vital we find out how an adult could abuse their position of trust in such an evil way and do everything we can to prevent this kind of abuse happening in the future," he said. 'Devilish form' George, Allen and Blanchard met on social networking website Facebook, although it is unclear when. Detective Superintendent Adrian Pearson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said the trio had been guilty of child abuse in its most "horrific and devilish form". Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. "Those three individuals have shared quite willingly and freely images, texts, fantasies of the most serious level you could imagine," he said. Ann Reddrop, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said their crimes were beyond comprehension. "These three individuals each acted in a way which ordinary people will find hard to understand," she said. "They showed total disregard for the lives of their victims, their own families and those they worked with, all of whom have been left devastated by these crimes." Wept in court The public gallery at Bristol Crown Court was packed on Thursday with about 30 parents who wept as the guilty pleas were entered. One man pointed at Blanchard and was asked to calm himself by the usher. Allen wept as she pleaded guilty while Blanchard showed no reaction and George hung her head in the dock. She's caused massive trauma to a great number of victims
Det Supt Michele Slevin
Chilling bond between abusers 'I can't believe how evil she is' Spotlight on abusers The abuse began in September last year and the three were arrested in June following a police investigation involving officers from the forces in Devon and Cornwall, Nottinghamshire and Greater Manchester. The trio pleaded guilty to 37 out of 38 counts. George, who had worked at Little Ted's nursery in the Efford area of Plymouth for three years, admitted 13 charges, including sexual abuse of children and making and distributing indecent images of children. She pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual assault which was ordered by the judge to lie on file. Her arrest sparked massive public outrage and angry scenes during earlier court appearances. 'Decent' thing Allen, of Nottingham, admitted five counts of sexual assault and distributing indecent images of children. IT worker Blanchard, of Smallbridge, near Rochdale, admitted 19 counts of sexual assault and distributing indecent images of children. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. They exchanged thousands of e-mail and text messages containing images of child abuse, the court heard. Blanchard was arrested on 6 June after one of his colleagues found obscene pictures on a work computer. Examination of his laptop computer led to the arrests of George and Allen. No-one else is believed to have been involved. Judge John Royce, who adjourned sentencing for reports, warned the three abusers they faced substantial prison sentences. He said the "decent" thing for George to do would be to co-operate with police in identifying all the abuse victims in the photographs. Speaking to George's lawyer, the judge said: "Your client must know it seems to me who she has abused and who she has not. If I were a parent, I would want to know whether my child was abused or not." 'Gross nature' Det Supt Michele Slevin, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said experts had been unable to identify any of the children filmed by George. She said George had been interviewed five times and had not given any name, but identifying the children remained their "priority". "It's clear she's caused massive trauma to a great number of victims, not just the children involved but the families and community within Plymouth," she said. Detectives have warned there is a high probability the children will never be identified. It is not known when the three first met but Detective Inspector Tony Creely, of Greater Manchester Police's sexual crime unit, said they "were as bad as each other". "Blanchard, George and Allen sent thousands of messages between each of them. Blanchard expressed love for each of the women, and they would reciprocate," he said. "They would discuss sexual matters of a crude and gross nature and the abuse of children in the texts and e-mails. "All of them were getting gratification from the texts and seeing who could have the worst idea."
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A British nursery worker, Vanessa George, and two other people, Angela Allen and Colin Blanchard, have been convicted, in Bristol Crown Court, of sexually abusing minors and sharing the pictures online.

Each person recorded images on their mobile phones, and shared them with each of the other two via email and text. Detective Superintendent Adrian Pearson of Nottinghamshire Police called this behaviour "horrific and devilish", saying, "Those three individuals have shared quite willingly and freely images, texts, fantasies of the most serious level you could imagine."

The three people, who met on social networking website Facebook, had never seen each other in real life until they attended court. Allen wept in the dock, while co-accused George hung her head. Blanchard—who has been on the Sex Offenders Register for five years previously—however, showed no reaction.

Vanessa George pleaded guilty to thirteen charges, including one count of sexual assault. Allen admitted four counts of sexual assault and one of distributing inappropriate images, and Blanchard nineteen charges, including seventeen of sexual assault, and a further charge of possessing    extreme pornography. George refuses to identify which of the children on the police's thirty-strong shortlist she attacked. The three have yet to be sentenced, and the crime carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

George, aged 39, a mother of two teenage daughters from Plymouth, Devon, had worked for Little Ted's Nursery for three years, and in the childcare industry for 10 years. Blanchard, 38, from Smallbridge, Greater Manchester was an IT technician, and had a rocky relationship with his wife of 16 years. Allen, 39, lived in Nottingham, and says she has had an online relationship with Blanchard.