ALISON WHATELEY: SURrey NURSERY MANAGER OF TEDDINGTON FOUND ENGAGED IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ONLINE BUT NOT SENTENCED TO JAIL
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Farnham Rapist
In March 2019, Alison Whateley, a 44-year-old nursery manager from Farnham, Surrey, was involved in a disturbing case involving online child sexual abuse. She was arrested on 26 September 2017 while employed as a senior manager at Bushy Tails Nursery in Teddington. During her online sessions, she viewed videos of children as young as three being sexually abused and shared her own disturbing comments with other paedophiles in chat rooms.
Despite the evidence, Whateley was spared imprisonment. Instead, the court sentenced her to a Community Order and issued a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, allowing her to remain free under supervision.
At the time, she worked at multiple nurseries, including Hampton Wick Nursery and two now-closed facilities in Teddington and Twickenham. Guildford Crown Court heard that she engaged with other online sexual offenders, sharing stories of abuse and discussions about using children for sexual gratification, similar to the notorious paedophile Vanessa George. She connected with men interested in similar fantasies and talked openly about abusing children for pleasure.
Whateley used her iPhone to access the Zoom platform in 2017, where anonymous hosts showed videos of children being sexually abused. After returning home from work in west Surrey, she logged into the platform under the username 'user XXX' and encouraged others to share as many as 100 illegal images. During one 40-minute session, she saw 11 videos depicting children being raped or sexually abused.
She admitted to encouraging or assisting in these activities during her sentencing hearing at Guildford Crown Court. She was visually distressed during the proceedings, shielding her eyes and clutching a stress ball. Prosecutor Steven Talbot-Hadley explained that her involvement was uncovered as part of an undercover investigation by the National Crime Agency targeting the Zoom platform, which is typically legitimate but has been exploited by paedophiles to share illicit material.
The investigation involved an undercover officer who infiltrated the platform's chatrooms. Whateley was discovered bragging about her sexual interest in babies alongside around 40 other participants in August 2017. Videos presented during the trial included children as young as three being raped.
Mr. Talbot-Hadley detailed her chat activity, stating: 'On that occasion she was present under the username of XXX. In essence, she said that she liked to masturbate to both boys and girls, the younger the better, that she particularly loved babies, saying that they were so f**king sexy.' She also expressed her preference for younger children during online conversations.
She claimed she was on the platform to trap paedophiles and confront them, stating she was trying to track down offenders. When asked if she provided any names or contact details to authorities, she replied that she had not and never shared such information.
Further investigation of her iPhone 7, found at her residence, revealed explicit conversations about children with another individual, as well as WhatsApp messages with several other paedophiles. An audio file was discovered containing a woman apparently masturbating and talking in graphic detail about abusing a baby. Whateley admitted in police interviews that this recording was her own voice, made with the intent of passing herself off as a willing participant in abusing children.
The court heard that police also intercepted messages exchanged from August to September 2017 with a man named Joe, with whom she discussed child abuse, and that her telephone records linked her to an investigation involving indecent images. The evidence included an explicit audio recording of her talking about abusing babies, which she did not deny when questioned by police.
Ultimately, although her actions were clearly proven, the judge opted against a custodial sentence, instead imposing a community-based order and restrictions designed to prevent future harm.
Despite the evidence, Whateley was spared imprisonment. Instead, the court sentenced her to a Community Order and issued a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, allowing her to remain free under supervision.
At the time, she worked at multiple nurseries, including Hampton Wick Nursery and two now-closed facilities in Teddington and Twickenham. Guildford Crown Court heard that she engaged with other online sexual offenders, sharing stories of abuse and discussions about using children for sexual gratification, similar to the notorious paedophile Vanessa George. She connected with men interested in similar fantasies and talked openly about abusing children for pleasure.
Whateley used her iPhone to access the Zoom platform in 2017, where anonymous hosts showed videos of children being sexually abused. After returning home from work in west Surrey, she logged into the platform under the username 'user XXX' and encouraged others to share as many as 100 illegal images. During one 40-minute session, she saw 11 videos depicting children being raped or sexually abused.
She admitted to encouraging or assisting in these activities during her sentencing hearing at Guildford Crown Court. She was visually distressed during the proceedings, shielding her eyes and clutching a stress ball. Prosecutor Steven Talbot-Hadley explained that her involvement was uncovered as part of an undercover investigation by the National Crime Agency targeting the Zoom platform, which is typically legitimate but has been exploited by paedophiles to share illicit material.
The investigation involved an undercover officer who infiltrated the platform's chatrooms. Whateley was discovered bragging about her sexual interest in babies alongside around 40 other participants in August 2017. Videos presented during the trial included children as young as three being raped.
Mr. Talbot-Hadley detailed her chat activity, stating: 'On that occasion she was present under the username of XXX. In essence, she said that she liked to masturbate to both boys and girls, the younger the better, that she particularly loved babies, saying that they were so f**king sexy.' She also expressed her preference for younger children during online conversations.
She claimed she was on the platform to trap paedophiles and confront them, stating she was trying to track down offenders. When asked if she provided any names or contact details to authorities, she replied that she had not and never shared such information.
Further investigation of her iPhone 7, found at her residence, revealed explicit conversations about children with another individual, as well as WhatsApp messages with several other paedophiles. An audio file was discovered containing a woman apparently masturbating and talking in graphic detail about abusing a baby. Whateley admitted in police interviews that this recording was her own voice, made with the intent of passing herself off as a willing participant in abusing children.
The court heard that police also intercepted messages exchanged from August to September 2017 with a man named Joe, with whom she discussed child abuse, and that her telephone records linked her to an investigation involving indecent images. The evidence included an explicit audio recording of her talking about abusing babies, which she did not deny when questioned by police.
Ultimately, although her actions were clearly proven, the judge opted against a custodial sentence, instead imposing a community-based order and restrictions designed to prevent future harm.