Paul Anthony Wilson was described as a “very dangerous individual” A nursery worker has pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a toddler.
Paul Anthony Wilson, 20, of Newbold Croft, Nechells, Birmingham, also pleaded guilty to more than 40 other offences.
The other crimes related to grooming young girls on the internet and distributing indecent images.
His arrest on suspicion of child abuse prompted an inquiry into his employment at the Little Stars Nursery in Nechells Park Road.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Wilson admitted the two rape charges along with 45 charges of making and distributing indecent images and inciting youngsters to engage in sexual activity on the internet.
He has been warned he faces an indeterminate jail sentence when he returns to court on 27 July.
Recorder of Birmingham Judge William Davis QC said the public had to be protected from him.
His online victims, aged between 13 and 15 were befriended over the internet and then encouraged to expose themselves on a webcam.
He would record the images and blackmail his victims into carrying out sexual acts for his.
This went undetected until one of the blackmailed girls contacted police and his home was raided on 5 January.
The girl, who cannot be identified, was told to send nursery worker Paul Wilson photographs of herself
Police found images showing the abuse of the toddler, which led them to the nursery in Nechells where he had worked for 18-months.
Detectives have said they believe he had been involved in assaulting one child at the nursery, on two occasions.
One of his grooming victims said she had communicated with Wilson through a messaging site and Netlog, a web-based youth community site.
She said at first she had normal conversations with Wilson over the internet, but was eventually pressured into exposing herself to him via a webcam.
The victim said she was then told that the images would be distributed if she refused to follow his orders.
Det Insp Kay Wallace of West Midlands Police said the acts Wilson carried out were “horrendous”.
“He is a very, very dangerous individual.”
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