Teen nursery worker sentenced for child rape and abuse

A teenage nursery worker who raped and sexually abused children as young as three has been sentenced to 10 years in a young offender institution.

Thomas Waller, now 18, was found guilty of multiple offences, including rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, earlier this year.

Waller, who committed the offences in Surrey in 2024, was arrested after a mother was told by her son that he had been abused in a toilet while at nursery.

At Guildford Crown Court, he was also sentenced to an additional five years on licence.