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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 thecountry 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 inthe 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 filmedpornographic 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 vitalwe 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 couldimagine," 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 Georgehung 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

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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 containingimages 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 whethermy 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 highprobability 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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