THIS is the nursery worker facing trial on child sex abuse charges - caught fooling around on a pal's camera.
In one snap a smiling Vanessa George poses with cut-up newspaper stuck to her face.
In another the 39-year-old uses a plastic cover from a child's cheese snack to make a pair of false lips.
They sum up the fun-loving image trusting parents had of the cuddly mum caring for their toddlers at Little Ted's Nursery . . . before their world was brutally blown apart last week.
George is now in special protection in prison after running a gauntlet of hate as she appeared before Plymouth magistrates on seven child sex charges last week.
And last night shattered parents were bracing themselves for an investigation that could last months amid claims that children who attended the nursery were being "medically examined" by experts.
One woman, claiming to be the mother of a Little Ted's child, wrote on her Facebook site: "A social worker rang me today, my daughter has to have a medical examination . . . I feel helpless and sick."
She is one of more than 200 mums and dads in the ancient port left fearfully wondering whether their child may have been abused during mum-of-two George's three years at the nursery which catered for about 60 children at a time.
We understand that children in images found by police - thought to be just one or two-years-old - are difficult to identify because their faces have been kept out of the frame.
George was remanded in custody and will not appear before Plymouth Crown Court until September 21.
The furore has shattered the lives of George's husband Andrew, 41 - who works for a catering equipment firm - and her two teenage daughters. They were led away from the family home under blankets and are now in a safe house, fearful of vigilante attacks.
Last night a source close to the police inquiry said the girls have been taken out of school. "Her daughters went there for a day this week but were subject to the attentions of classmates," said the source.
"They had a very rough ride. The other kids were abusive to them and tormented them. They are innocent pawns in this whole sorry mess."
Even George's neighbours in the suburb of Efford, about a mile from the nursery, accept the risk of revenge attacks. One neighbour Barbara Dean said: "I think there will be trouble once this gets around. They will petrol bomb the house-that's what they're like around here."
Her husband Martyn added: "I dread to think what's going to happen now. This is a quiet little estate and I dread to think what kind of people might come round. I don't want any riots in my neighbourhood."
But the tension will continue to grow as police experts struggle to identify alleged victims from photographs recovered by police in Manchester investigating a paedophile ring.
That probe led to the arrest of Colin Blanchard, 38, of Littleborough, Lancs. Material was seized from his home and the father-of-one was remanded in custody by Trafford magistrates. It is believed the route to Little Ted's came when the nursery's logo was spotted on one of the photographs.
The case has cast a dark shadow across a vast area of Plymouth. Many of the families live in back-to-back terraced homes just outside the city centre in an area that stretches down towards Plymouth Sound.
More than 100 parents gathered at a meeting in a church hall within hours of George's arrest this week.
Horrific
One father said: "The worst part is not knowing whether our own children have been part of it. I had no idea how horrific it was until they read out the details in court. It was absolutely disgusting. I just pray it was not my kid."
Another mother, who has a three-year-old child at the nursery, said: "I feel sick. I can't believe this. I am never ever bringing my son back to the nursery-not in a million years."
Local politicians and community leaders have tried to calm the tension but understand the scale of what has happened. Councillor Andy Kerswell said: "You can understand every parent being out of their head with worry.
"It's easier said than done to ask them to be calm, but they need to for the sake of the investigation."
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