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Spain arrests 74 over child porn

By Steve Kingstone BBC News, Madrid
Extracted From : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/8284939.stm
Published: 2009/10/01 11:37:56 GMT

Spanish police have arrested 74 people in a major

operation to combat the possession of child sex abuse
images.
More than 600 police officers were involved in raiding
130 premises across the length and breadth of the
country in an operation that took two weeks. Dozens of
laptops, 300 computer hard drives and millions of
computer files were seized and are now being analysed,
police say. They made the arrests after tracking more
than 2,500 internet connections. The computer files will
be cross-checked with records held by Interpol, in the
hope of identifying adults and children who appear in
the photographs and videos.
Hardcore material
The 74 detainees are said to include civil servants,
students, bank clerks and a teacher. They were arrested
on suspicion of possessing and distributing images that
show child sex abuse. One suspect allegedly filmed
pornographic material featuring his 13-year-old-niece.
Much of the material seized is said to be of a hardcore
nature - the possession of which is punishable in Spain
by up to four years in prison. A further 61 people
remain under formal investigation.

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Nursery worker admits sex abuse

Extracted From : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/8284192.stm
Published: 2009/10/01 14:30:32 GMT

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". "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
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. 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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