THE husband of paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George attempted suicide after learning the content of sick e-mails sent by his evil wife, it has been reported.

Andrew George, 41, told the News of the World he had taken an overdose of pills and alcohol at his home in Efford, Plymouth, after the police told him about the messages sent by his wife to her co-conspirator Colin Blanchard.

He said the messages included some sent from a laptop while his wife was at a caravan park with their daughters Pearl and Grace, in which she speculated about snatching a child, and booking into a hotel room with Blanchard to abuse her.

Mr George said the messages were sent while watching children playing at the Harlyn Sands Holiday Park in North Cornwall, which had been a family favourite.

One allegedly said: "This is like a goldmine here, there are so many children running free, no immediate parent around, easily one could go missing."

The report said George came across a little girl on her own in the toilets, and later wrote to Blanchard: "I could have grabbed her. We could have booked a room in a Premier Inn and done what we want, abuse for our own pleasure."

Mr George said he thought the kidnaps had been close to happening, and could have ended in multiple killings.

He told the Sunday paper: "I feel dirty and ashamed to have been married to her."

He is reported to have dressed up smartly and told his daughters to go to their grandparent's house after school, before taking an overdose of pills on Tuesday morning.

But a friend who had called with a message of support alerted the police after noticing how drowsy he seemed.

Mr George was reported to have received help from psychiatrists and has vowed not to attempt suicide again.

Vanessa George has admitted a string of horrifying sex crimes against babies and toddlers, which she carried out while working at Little Ted's nursery in Laira, Plymouth.

She was arrested at the family's home address in Douglass Road, Plymouth, on June 9 after images of her abusing children were found on a laptop in Manchester.

Two other paedophiles she met on the Internet, Colin Blanchard, aged 39 and from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, and Angela Allen, also 39 and from Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, also admitted their parts in the sick child sex triangle.

Mr George and his two daughters still live in the house on Douglass Road they shared with disgraced Vanessa, 39.