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A nursery worker has been found guilty of sexually abusing children in what was described as "every parent's nightmare" in court.
Nathan Bennett was convicted of two counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, and two counts of assault by penetration. The charges related to five boys at the Partou King Street Nursery in Bristol, who were two and three years old at the time.
He had previously admitted 13 other sexual offence charges relating to four of the five two-year-old boys.
The 30-year-old, of Corston in Bath, was arrested in August 2025 following a six-month investigation by Avon and Somerset Police.
The jury at Bristol Crown Court was sent out to consider its verdicts on Friday afternoon, following four days of evidence.
Bennett began working at the nursery in July 2024. In February last year he was arrested after a manager witnessed him sexual assaulting a child on CCTV. The nursery closed in December.
