Fury of families as UK’s worst female paedophile is freed

BRITAIN’S worst female paedophile was released from prison yesterday after ten years, sparking widespread anger and revulsion from her victims’ families.

Former nursery nurse Vanessa George is understood to have left HMP Send in Surrey in the early hours in what was described as a ‘dark day for British justice’.

George, now 49, sexually abused as many as 30 babies and toddlers in her care while working at Little Ted’s nursery in Plymouth.

She also photographed herself abusing the children and sent the images to other perverts.

George, a mother of two daughters, was jailed indefinitely in 2009 and told to serve a minimum of seven years. A Parole Board panel cleared her for release in July this year, saying she was no longer a ‘significant risk to the public’ despite pleas to keep her behind bars.

It is understood police also tried to find a way to keep her in jail, and officers trawled through their original investigation to find out if any other charges could be put to George.

But officers were only able to find ‘corresponding’ charges – lesser offences, relating to crimes she has already been found guilty of – and no further action was taken. She was

Revulsion: Vanessa George released even though she has refused to identify all the children she abused, meaning many parents still do not know if their child was a victim.

It is understood that George, who is now using her maiden name Marks, was taken from HMP Send, a closed female training prison, to a bail hostel at an undisclosed location. She has been banned from three counties – including Devon and Cornwall – and up to 20 other places.

Families found out she had been freed through the media. One father who believes his child was sexually abused said he was ‘disgusted’. He told the BBC: ‘I knew this was coming, but to find out on the day it’s already happened has made it worse. There’s no consideration for the victims. I believe that woman is still a danger to children. She has had those urges before.’

The mother of another victim wrote George a heartbreaking open letter, in which she tells how her crimes have left her family with a ‘legacy of pain’ and begs her to name those she abused. She said her child is 13 but still wets the bed and has never had a sleepover at a friend’s house. ‘It’s not fair that you get to move on now and start a fresh life and we are left to continue suffering,’ she added.

Luke Pollard, the Labour MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, said George should not have been considered for release until she named her victims. ‘This is a dark day for British justice,’ he said.

George admitted seven sexual assaults on children, but refused to name which of the 30 babies and toddlers on a police shortlist she had attacked. She was also admitted six counts of distributing and making indecent pictures of children.