Love will heal my pain
Husband of nursery paedo Vanessa George reveals woman who has given life new meaning
Pearl and Grace hate me..I've let them down, writes Vanessa George
Read nursery sex pervert Vanessa George's jail note.
THE tortured husband of evil nursery paedophile Vanessa George today reveals he has found new hope - rebuilding his family's shattered life with an attractive NEW LOVE.
It's a remarkable turnaround for distraught dad-of-two Andrew - who tried to kill himself after discovering his wife of 16 years was a secret sex fiend, abusing tots in her care and sharing the photos online with other perverts.
Gently clasping the hand of new girlfriend Sharon Blackmore, Andrew said: "I couldn't see any future. Discovering what Vanessa had done to me, our two daughters, and all the families of those poor kids she expoited, left me totally devastated.
"But this has been incredible - I'm in love and I've never been happier. Now I'm just waiting for Vanessa to be sentenced, so I can get divorced and marry again.
"After what Vanessa's done she can rot in her prison cell."
And Andrew, 41, denounced George's belated move to co-operate with cops this week as a cynical bid for leniency.
Pouring scorn on reports that George had finally, after weeks of defiant silence, identified 10 of her 30 young victims, he insisted:
"I've been told by the police that it's NOT 10 names, it's six. And then it's only first names, not full names.
"It's an empty, token gesture. It's nothing really. The police have still got to find out who's who, and what was done to who.
"Vanessa's just playing around. She's getting off on this, and she holds the power card.
"She knows everyone at that nursery. She'll know the name of every single child she's abused. And she knows all the parents she's putting through hell, even their jobs. Yet she's giving just first names of six.
"Why doesn't she just hand over the full names, so the parents that want to know, can know?
"She's revelling in being the centre of attention, not caring what it's like for the families involved, for me, and our daughters. She's a bitch, and she's callous.
"Perhaps this is a last ditch attempt to try to get a lesser sentence. She's convicted now and she realises that she's going to be put away for a long time. But this is too little too late, and I hope the judge sees right through it. I hope she goes down for as long as possible."
Andrew plans to be in the courtroom to watch her being sentenced on November 13, in the hope it will bring closure.
And the new blonde love in his life has vowed to be right there at his side. "I don't care what Vanessa thinks," he said. "It doesn't bother me at all."
It was just five months ago that Andrew was dramatically awoken to discover just what a monster he had married, as cops banged on the door of his Plymouth home.
In the chaos that followed 18-stone Vanessa - mother to their children Pearl, 15, and Grace, 13 - turned to him and confessed to sexually abusing children at Little Ted's nursery where she worked.
The full extent of her evil was finally revealed last month when she was brought before Bristol Crown Court.
But in the meantime despairing Andrew finally became aware of a romance that had been waiting to blossom for over 20 YEARS - since he lived on the same street as pretty Sharon and they shared regular hellos.
"I never knew it but Sharon's liked me for a while," he said. "Back then I was dating Vanessa but we'd always nod and say 'Hi, how's it going?'
"Now she's confessed she always had a thing for me but never did anything because she respected I was with Vanessa."
As George's heinous crimes against toddlers and babies were revealed Sharon watched with increasing concern for the man she'd silently held a torch for all those years.
First he and his daughters were forced into a safe house, away from public anger at the family.
Then Andrew found his calculating wife had also siphoned off family cash, leaving him in debt and mortgage arrears.
Soon he couldn't cope, was signed off work with stress, and plummeted into despair, climaxing in a booze and painkiller suicide bid.
Then, just 16 days ago, Andrew's fortune turned with a chance stroll to the local chip shop.
"I'd normally drive but I decided to walk and get some fresh air," he said. "As I left the shop, Sharon got off a bus.
"It was the usual thing, just a passing nod, but something in me said talk to her. So we had a conversation. She knew what was going on in my life and asked how things were for me and the girls.
"I said they were getting better, and we were doing okay. And we just took it from there."
The pair swapped mobile numbers and began texting each other as soon as they got home.
And two days later, after a night out with friends, Sharon came round to the family house.
Andrew said: "I didn't want to sound forward but I told Sharon I don't sleep that much any more, I'm up late all the time, so she can feel free to come over. She did, and we talked, and had the most wonderful time.
"We ended up talking all night, and cuddling. It was really special."
We ended up talking all night, and cuddling. It was really special
A week later Sharon, who has been engaged three times before, moved in and joined the family.
But the couple are still working through Andrew's troubles.
Racked by memories of his wicked wife, sleep is often disturbed by nightmares.
In many he's haunted by George's face, sees her walking through their home, or sat at the cubbyhole in the living room where they kept the family computer.
It was here the sick fiend would talk on Facebook to her nasty accomplices, Man- chester businessman Colin Blanchard, 38, and Nottingham single mum Angela Allen, 39 - sending and receiving vile photos.
"I've been hiding how bad the dreams can be," said Andrew.
"But now Sharon sees me in bed, moving, shaking and crying out.
"I'm also getting more migraines - two or three a week, rather than half a dozen a year."
But Andrew is trying to move on. He's already cleared out boxes of George's belongings, and plans to redecorate to erase the memory of their sham marriage.
And Sharon has quickly formed a close bond with his daughters as a substitute mum.
Andrew smiled: "It's incredible. Sharon can't have kids, but I've told her she has mine now. The girls give her a kiss every morning and before they go to bed.
"She sometimes has tears in her eyes, and tells me how great they are. They all go shopping together. They get on so well."
Andrew's eldest daughter Pearl, who exclusively told the News of the World last month she can no longer bring herself to call George "Mum", says Sharon has filled the gap left behind.
She added: "Sharon is everything my mum wasn't. She takes us out and looks after us, and we love having her around. We're finally getting our lives back together.
"Dad's really smitten with Sharon and I'm so happy for him.
"I thought we'd lost him when he tried to kill himself, but she's helped him to pull himself together."
Sharon insists she didn't feel any nerves in approaching Andrew, and being thrust into a family at the heart of such an appalling scandal.
"I've always fancied him, but never told him," she said. "I wanted to be there for him. Life goes on, and I couldn't be happier."
Andrew is now receiving counselling sessions to help put the trauma behind him and says his new life with Sharon is the key.
He can't wait to divorce George and added: "I don't want to say too much, but I can see me proposing soon. I wouldn't need to wait."
Andrew is convinced he will never be able to understand why George betrayed him and their children so despicably.
And he vows he'll never stop feeling compassion for the pain the families of her young victims have suffered.
"All along I've urged that she should find some decency and name the babies she abused," he said.
"I thought I would be able to ask her to do that.
"But now she's been convicted, she needs to sign a visiting order before I can see her. I've asked if she will meet me, but so far she's refused.
"I've given her times when she could phone the house, but nothing. I'm disgusted she won't put these parents out of their anguish.
"I don't expect to speak to her again now. She'll be sentenced and then she can rot."
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This article has 18 comments
Too much, too soon. It is only a few months since he found out about his monster wife and he needs to fully come to terms with what happened, he needs to focus all his attention on his girls and find inner peace which he cannot have at the moment. He does deserve happiness with someone but doing it now, so soon after discovering something so terrible and having your world turned upside down is not a good idea. He is not putting his children first.
By Helen. Posted November 2 2009 at 12:39 PM.
sorry but 2 weeks and she is already moved in, substitute mother im sorry but he should really be there for his kids not fumblin round with this sharon.
By annoymous. Posted November 1 2009 at 11:45 PM.
God, that's a bit Jeremy Kyle, isn't it?
By Fifi. Posted November 1 2009 at 9:15 PM.
To those who say that this relationship me be a little too soon you should remember that their marriage was exactly a happy union, according to work colleagues prior to being caught she was already messing around with other men, and both had affairs. You should also remember that we all deal differently with situations while some people may be sickened and need to be alone some may feel fraid and need the security of others. Also Andrew hasn’t lost the love of his life he has lost someone he was stuck and appeared to be in the marriage only because of his daughters, so why shouldn’t he find comfort and love as opposed to dwelling on a sick beast that never actually loved or wanted him anyway? The important thing is for Andrew to do what makes him and his daughter’s happy and if that means having Sharon around then all four of them should make a go of it and nobody has the right to judge them. I wish all of them the best of luck.
By Marianna. Posted November 1 2009 at 12:43 PM.
I wish him all the very best,, im glad he has found somebody, rather than the endless lonley hours you have only time to think about the horror and guilt, i think the distraction is good thereapy for him, weather it last or doesnt last, its the best thing that could of happend for this family, no body every knows how long a relationship will last,, but the greatest fact for this man, is that there is one there, which can only offer him hope for the future, rather than this huge black hole he has now found himself in from somebody elses wrong doing,, if this relationship only last a year, think of the amount of happiness he is having , the reason to want to get up in the morning, a reason to feel there is a life after such trauma, better than going to councelling once a week, you go in there alone, spill your guts, feel wreched and sad, then have to eave there alone,, so bloody good luck to this man and lady, wish you all the best, xxx
By jajacjon. Posted November 1 2009 at 12:47 PM.
To those who say that this relationship me be a little too soon you should remember that their marriage was exactly a happy union, according to work colleagues prior to being caught she was already messing around with other men, and both had affairs. You should also remember that we all deal differently with situations while some people may be sickened and need to be alone some may feel fraid and need the security of others. Also Andrew hasn’t lost the love of his life he has lost someone he was stuck and appeared to be in the marriage only because of his daughters, so why shouldn’t he find comfort and love as opposed to dwelling on a sick beast that never actually loved or wanted him anyway? The important thing is for Andrew to do what makes him and his daughter’s happy and if that means having Sharon around then all four of them should make a go of it and nobody has the right to judge them. I wish all of them the best of luck.
By Marianna. Posted November 1 2009 at 12:03 PM.
I wish this family all the very best, but they might do better to take things a little slower for the children's sake. If the relationship doesn't work out, the kids could be hurt again.
By Judy R. Posted November 1 2009 at 12:00 PM.
They're together 2 WEEKS. She moved in 1 WEEK ago and is already a substitute wife and mother. So the wife you knew for 20 years turns out to be a pedophile, and then you move another woman you're with for 7 DAYS into the home where your children live...? And people congratulate you and say well done, great move?!?
For pete's sake, the woman only lived down the road, on the same street. Hardly the other side of the world. Moving in after a week and playing happy families is ridiculous beyond belief. That said, I do wish this man the very best.
By Cathy. Posted November 1 2009 at 11:32 AM.
Why is this man constantly in the papers? He must be making a fair bit of cash out of his ugly wife's crimes
By Hello. Posted November 1 2009 at 11:08 AM.
What a wonderful couple , and so happy for the kids after all they have been through , i wish them all the best for a happy future .
By margaret. Posted November 1 2009 at 10:34 AM.
Best wishes to you all & good luck for your future together u all deserve some happiness.
By Tracy. Posted November 1 2009 at 10:20 AM.
The picture shown here IS NOT of Little Teds.......... its a picture of Laira Church.
By Michael. Posted November 1 2009 at 10:07 AM.
This is all a bit to soon IMO. The family need to come to terms with what has happened before they try to wipe it all out.
By Jay. Posted November 1 2009 at 9:54 AM.
hi andrew and sharon i really do wish you all the best in the world.chin up andrew you havnt done anything wrong hun.may she rot in hell.the evil cow.
By barbara. Posted November 1 2009 at 9:48 AM.
Don't any of you think its all a bit much for two weeks?
By Lin. Posted November 1 2009 at 9:25 AM.
Good luck to the family, Andrew you done absolutely nothing wrong, mud sticks I know but unuder the cicumstances no one decent would make you a part of what your sick ex wife done to these poor kids, the torment you are putting yourself through must be horrendous and thank god she didnt do it to her own kids as well, as picking up pieces of a child that has been abused is the most horrendous thing a parent can go through:( I wish you and your family happiness and peace and good luck in the future
By Gilly. Posted November 1 2009 at 9:01 AM.
Andrew & Sharon & Pearl & Grace, you've had such an awful time. I know things may be hard at times. But you must remember YOU DID NOTHING WRONG. It isn't any of you who did the vile things. Hold your heads up high knowing that justice will be served and I wouldn't give tuppence for her in jail. From what I hear, anyone who harms children, is not particularly acceptable to other prisoners who are missing their own kids. Hopefully she'll get a double dose of justice...every day. Good luck to the 4 of you, your new loving family unit
By Dawn Mather. Posted November 1 2009 at 5:36 AM.
Good luck Andrew.You deserve happiness.
By fiona. Posted November 1 2009 at 1:15 AM.