'Why we want child abuse nursery held accountable'

"It would be a real shame if we get to a point where no agency, no organisation, no area of our government that we pay tax to support and to fund are willing to step up and investigate this. It would be shame on you. We're not looking for money out of this investigation. We just want accountability."

"The group of parents' letter states Camden Council appears to be steadfastly refusing to discharge its statutory obligations and instead peppers its responses with a combination of obfuscation and deliberate improper misdirection."

"To receive this cold legal correspondence from the council, it's like rubbing salt into an open wound. This is horrific. It's a terrible, terrible case. It's got national exposure. You'd think they'd want to be seen as doing everything they possibly can to deal with this issue."

Vincent Chan was sentenced to 18 years in prison after admitting 56 sexual offences against children at Bright Horizons nursery in north-west London. Over 200 parents have written to Camden Council demanding an investigation into the safeguarding failures that allowed the abuse to occur. The council declined to investigate, stating a conflict of interest under Health and Safety laws. Parents express frustration that no government agency appears willing to investigate, emphasizing they seek accountability rather than compensation. They describe the council's response as obfuscatory and view its refusal as adding to their trauma.

Read at www.bbc.com