A mother locks her two young daughters inside an alarmed bedroom so she can share a bed with her husband who is a convicted child abuser, it has been reported.

Local social services in Devon, where the paedophile, his wife and the two children live, have approved the plan, despite the man previously being jailed for attacking a girl under the age of 13.

It comes just months after the local authority had described him as a 'continuing risk' to the girls, who are both under the age of 13.

Two young girls are being locked in their bedroom at night so their mother can sleep with her paedophile husband, it has been reported (picture posed by model)

According to the Sunday Mirror, the scheme was approved as officials said the paedophile would have to climb over the mother from his side of the bed, to leave the bedroom, and would therefore wake her up.

They also added that they were happy with the arrangement of the girls having a baby monitor in their bedroom so they can call their mother if they need to be let out to go to the toilet.

Now the girl's grandmother has spoken of her worry and fears over her granddaughter's safety.

The girls have been given a baby monitor so they can call their mother if they need to be let out to go to the toilet (picture posed by model)

She told the newspaper: 'The alarm and the other so-called precautions to stop my granddaughters being abused are a load of rubbish.

'It feels like my granddaughters are isolated and at risk. Social services don’t seem to want to listen to me.

'It’s heartbreaking, but I have to keep fighting this for the sake of the girls.'

The mother split from the girls' father, who has now relocated to a new part of the country and does not have regular access to the children.

She then began a relationship with the paedophile, who is banned from having unsupervised contact with under-16s.

The mother then made an application to become an 'approved person', which means she could supervise contact between her partner and children.

The couple then eventually married, although the man was still not allowed to spend the night at the home.

However, recently since measures have been put in place, they are all allowed to stay in the same property.

Devon County Council has confirmed that a meeting took place last year, where it was determined that there were enough protective factors in place for the man to stay in the family home.