FORMER friends of a female nursery school worker who admitted making and distributing obscene images of herself engaging in sexual acts with children say they feel betrayed.

Jane Voss, of Grosvenor Road, Wanstead, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, May 13, where she admitted six counts of making indecent photographs of children aged six and 11, which she circulated via the internet.

The court heard how Voss posed naked with a six-year-old while he was in a state of undress and also distributed pictures of him touching her.

The 45-year-old cut a forlorn figure in court as Judge Inigo Bing bailed her to return for sentencing on May 8 while psychiatric reports were prepared.

He said: "You will be given credit for the fact that you have pleaded guilty at such an early stage."

Former friends of Voss have expressed their anger following the conviction.

One said: "Half the children who were in the nursery at the time can't speak properly so we can't know if anything has been done to them.

"I've known her for four years since her son, Chris, was killed in a car accident aged 15. It was tragic but you don't wake up one day being a paedophile.

"She would of helped the children undo their jeans or helped them go to the toilet and we are all worried what she did or if she had a phone with her she could of taken pictures."

Another parent raised concern of the number of children that rountinely would spend time at Voss's Wanstead Home.

She said: "All the parents are worried about what might of happened.

"I've told all my children about paedophiles now, even my five-year-old. My little girl is not allowed to wear skirts any more and they all know if anyone tells them to take their clothes off to find another adult.

"When her son died we all organised a big collection for her at school and it's gutting that someone who we helped to get over something like that is capable of this."