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By OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER
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A teenage nursery worker has been found guilty of raping and abusing children as young as three.
Thomas Waller, 18, who was newly-qualified to work with children, preyed on his young victims in the toilets.
He appeared at Staines Magistrates Court on Friday and was sent to the crown court for sentencing.
Waller’s offences – which took place last year – include rape, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and taking indecent images of children.
The teenager was told his offences were ‘serious’ and that he could expect a prison sentence of up to 17 years.
He was described by the mother of one of his victims as a ‘very dangerous individual’.
Thomas Waller, 18, who was newly-qualified to work with children, preyed on his young victims in the toilets
Waller appeared at Staines Magistrates Court on Friday and was sent to the crown court for sentencing
She told BBC South East: ‘That he can do this at such a young age and in such a calculated way, I find very frightening.’
The mother explained that she only found out about Waller’s abuse when her child told her he had been abused in the toilets.
‘He told me, in three-year-old terms, that he’d been sexually assaulted at nursery by one of the staff, which was very shocking for me to hear,’ she added.
The mother informed staff at the nursery, who reported it to the police and Waller was arrested the same evening.
