Overview
- Judge William Hart sentenced Nathan Bennett, 30, to 24 years in prison with a six-year extended licence, ordered lifetime sex offender registration and imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.
- Bennett was convicted of eight offences, including two counts of rape, four of sexual assault and two of assault by penetration, against five boys aged two to three, after earlier admitting 13 related charges.
- Concerns raised by staff and parents led to a CCTV review that captured offending, triggering an Avon and Somerset Police investigation and the subsequent closure of Partou King Street nursery in 2025.
- The court heard Bennett exploited a position of trust to groom toddlers; the judge called him an “incorrigible and dangerous paedophile,” and investigators described him as a predatory offender.
- Police say they are supporting identified families and have provided a contact route for other parents, while Leigh Day says civil action is being explored over alleged missed warnings at the nursery.