More remains feared at care home

[London Lass]

More remains feared at care home

Police in Jersey have not ruled out finding more bodies as their search of a former children's home continues.
Parts of a child's body have been found at Haut de la Garenne in St Martin, which is at the centre of an inquiry into alleged child abuse.

The remains are thought to date from the early 1980s. Police have not said whether they are male or female.

The investigation involves the abuse of boys and girls aged between 11 and 15, since the 1960s.

Jersey police began investigating allegations of abuse in November last year.

The excavation of Haut de la Garenne, involving a sniffer dog and ground radar, started on Tuesday when information emerged from the police inquiry.

The investigation involves several government institutions and organisations in Jersey, with the Haute de la Garenne home and Jersey Sea Cadets the main focus of the inquiry.

A police spokeswoman said more than 140 potential victims or witnesses had contacted a helpline since the investigations began.

They have identified dozens of possible suspects with detectives following up leads in Europe and as far away as Australia.

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Jersey's Deputy Chief Police Officer, Lenny Harper, who is in charge of the investigation, said detectives "think there is the possibility they may find more remains".

He said there may be other areas of interest to search teams within the building and its grounds.

"We don't know yet if this is the only remains that we're going to find in there," he said.

He added that identification of the child would be a "long and arduous" process.

"There are records, just how good those records are for periods before contemporaneous times, I'm not quite sure."

Former Jersey Health Minister Senator Stuart Syvret urged anyone who had been at Haut de la Garenne to come forward.

His concerns last year about alleged child abuse in Jersey institutions led to an independent review of child care services by Jersey's parliament, the States of Jersey.

Mr Syvret told BBC News: "It's essential those with concerns call it, or get in touch with the police.

"Having spoken to people who were at Haut de la Garenne, this discovery is not surprising.

"I am frankly very apprehensive about what else they will find."

Haut de la Garenne started life in 1867 as the Industrial School, for "young people of the lower classes of society and neglected children".

It is now Jersey's Youth Hostel and featured as a police station in the TV series Bergerac, which is set on the island.


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[London Lass]

So far, they have over 40 potential worldwide suspects, and over 200 potential sufferers at the hands of these sick individuals. When someone from one of 'several government institutions' tried to blow the whistle on this story, they were sacked!

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New focus in Jersey abuse inquiry

A sniffer dog at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse inquiry has reacted "strongly" in a cellar search, investigators said.
Deputy Chief Police Officer, Lenny Harper said it was comparable to the discovery of a child's skull at the Haut de la Garenne home.

The dog was sent into a room in a bricked-up cellar that has been the focus of investigations.

Mr Harper said they had received 70 calls from people mentioning a cellar.

"It would appear as if the cellar is exactly as some of the witnesses who've made statements to us, and victims have described," he told reporters.

Officers have gained partial access to the cellar, Mr Harper said, after structural engineers assessed the safety of the building.

It is thought there is a second area that is also bricked-up.

"We're going to have to gain further access to that, and will probably spend the rest of the afternoon preparing for that," Mr Harper said.

He explained he was "confident" about the dog's discovery but warned there "could well be an innocent explanation for what [it] may have found".

Mr Harper said he thought there would be arrests as a result of the police investigation - though not necessarily based on the forensic work at the building.

Secrets 'shatter idyll'

The cellar is one of six areas at the site identified for further investigation by officers.

Their inquiries have so far uncovered a total of 40 suspects and prompted 200 phone calls from alleged victims and witnesses.

Mr Harper described how many of the alleged victims, who had come forward in the past few days, were very reluctant to speak because of their bad memories of the home.

"It's difficult to imagine the traumatic effect that this has had on victims," he said.

"There will be others who perhaps have been worried that they might not be taken seriously."

There have been calls for the UK government to intervene and deal with any civil and criminal cases.

Labour MP Austin Mitchell has tabled an Early Day Motion saying that the States of Jersey has failed to deal with the problem of abuse.

The motion calls for outside judges to be appointed to carry out an independent inquiry.

The States of Jersey's Chief Minister, Frank Walker, has denied any cover-up in tackling the allegations.

In a statement he said: "The main concern...at this time is to ensure that anyone who has perpetrated crimes against children, or who has in any way colluded with that abuse, is identified and prosecuted."

Jersey is a Crown Dependency - it is largely self governing, although the UK Ministry of Justice provides a link with the island as some UK legislation is extended to it.

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This Is Absolutly Horrible That People That Are Supposed To Be Caring For Children Could Do Such a Thing To Them. What Is The Current Body Count?