{"id":421971,"date":"2026-02-12T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421971\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:33:07","slug":"vincent-chan-nursery-worker-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421971\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Chan: Nursery worker jailed for sexually abusing children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Support is here for you&#8217; &#8211; Barnet Councilpublished at 15:29 GMT<\/p>\n<p>15:29 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-5adjh7-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25b7ae87-97de-4591-bb57-d7ce8cd226ef.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Harry Low<br \/>BBC London News<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The school where Chan worked was in the London borough of Barnet and the local council&#8217;s leader, Barry Rawlings, has been reacting to the sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He says: \u201cWhile no amount of jail time can undo the harm suffered by the victims and their families, I hope today\u2019s sentence brings a degree of comfort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cAs a result of this horrific case, the Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership is carrying out safeguarding audits on early years providers in Barnet. This includes the use and monitoring of CCTV in these settings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cWe are also actively participating in the Operation Lanark safeguarding review which has been commissioned by the Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership to see what further lessons can be learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cOur priority remains the safety and wellbeing of the Barnet children, young people and families affected and we continue to offer them our support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThe council is working with partners, including the NPSCC, to provide practical, emotional and safeguarding support to the families affected. We encourage anyone who has been affected to reach out and to know that support is here for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Support is here for you&#8217; &#8211; Barnet Councilpublished at 15:29 GMT 15:29 GMT Harry LowBBC London News The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-421971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}