THE JERSEY CHILDREN - still unidentified

merlynsam
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:43 am

BBC News

29 April 2008 20:35 UK

Jersey man in abuse probe arrest

Police investigating allegations of historic abuse in Jersey have arrested a 68-year-old man on the island, they have confirmed.

Jersey Police said the unnamed man was helping with inquiries on rape and indecent assault allegations dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7372681.stm

merlynsam
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:46 am

BBC News

30 April 2008 11:06 UK

Charged Jersey man, 68, in court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7375088.stm

merlynsam
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:47 am

The Times

May 4, 2008

Within these walls: the Jersey childcare scandal

As police continue to search for bodies at Haut de la Garenne — the centre of the Jersey childcare scandal — Britain’s foremost crime writer, David James Smith, asks: how many victims, abusers and government officials kept quiet?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3850303.ece

merlynsam
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:49 am

The Guardian

Monday May 5 2008

'It started with a piece of bone' - and a dog

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/05/pressandpublishing.childprotection

merlynsam
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:22 am

BBC News

Monday, 19 May 2008 15:25 UK

Jersey probe criticism dismissed

The senior officer in an inquiry into allegations of child abuse at a former Jersey children's home has defended his decision to withhold information.

The discovery of what was thought to be part of a child's skull at Haut de la Garenne sparked a huge police search.

Deputy Chief Officer Lenny Harper said he thought disclosing later suspicion that the fragment was not bone would "distract from the inquiry".

Meanwhile, police confirmed some bone fragments found at the home were human.

'Distract attention'

So far, six milk teeth and 20 bone fragments have been found at the former children's home - some of which are human. These are currently being DNA tested and carbon dated.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7407847.stm

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:23 am

Sky News

24 June 2008

Pair Held in Jersey Child Abuse Probe

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1319902,00.html

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:46 pm

Sky News

5 August 2008

First Jersey Abuse suspect in court

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Jersey-Haunt-De-La-Garenne-Childrens-Home-First-In-Court-Over-Alleged-Abuse/Article/200808115071409?lpos=UK%2BNews_3&lid=ARTICLE_15071409_Jersey%2BHaunt%2BDe%2BLa%2BGarenne%2BChildren%2527s%2BHome%253A%2BFirst%2BIn%2BCourt%2BOver%2BAlleged%2BAbuse

The Telegraph

11 Nov 2008

Exclusive by Nigel Bunyan in Jersey and Gordon Rayner

Jersey abuse case: police rule out murder at Haut de la Garenne

No children were murdered at the Haut de la Garenne former care home, police investigating alleged abuse in Jersey believe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3441862/Jersey-abuse-case-police-rule-out-murder-at-Haut-de-la-Garenne.html

The Express

Tuesday November 11,2008

JERSEY PROBE POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED

The £4.5 million child abuse inquiry on Jersey is in disarray after a police chief was suspended for his role in a discredited murder investigation.

Graham Power, the most senior officer in the force, was suspended after Deputy Chief Officer David Warcup dismissed the evidence collected and said there were no suspicious deaths at former children's home Haut de la Garenne.

"There is no suggestion there has been murder or any bodies destroyed," said Mr Warcup.

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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/70687/Jersey-probe-police-chief-suspended

Originally posted by Pam supportfromireland : 12 Nov 2008


Irish Independent

12 November 2008

Child Murders ruled out at Jersey Home

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/child-murders-ruled-out-at-jersey-home-1534718.html

Times Online

November 12, 2008

Timeline: Jersey child abuse case

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5137298.ece

The Telegraph

12 Nov 2008

By Nigel Bunyan in Jersey and Gordon Rayner

Jersey abuse case: detectives rubbish claims of murder or torture

The new policeman in charge of the Jersey child abuse probe has dismissed suggestions that children were murdered or tortured at the Haut de la Garenne former care home as he revealed that "human remains" found there was almost all animal bones.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3446050/Jersey-abuse-case-detectives-rubbish-claims-of-murder-or-torture.html

BBC News

12th November 2008

Digging deep at Haut de la Garenne



A police investigation into child-abuse allegations at the Haut de la Garenne former children's home in Jersey has ruled out murder and dismissed many of the claims made by the initial police investigators.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7267632.stm

The Times

November 13, 2008

By Simon de Bruxelles

'Evidence' of murders at children's home on Jersey dismissed

The £4.5m inquiry into child abuse on Jersey described as a shambles as senior police officer Graham Power is suspended


Graham Power was suspended after his force was accused of releasing information that was 'not stricly accurate'

The £4.5 million inquiry into child abuse on Jersey was described as a shambles last night as the island’s most senior officer was suspended for his role in the investigation.

Graham Power was suspended after his own investigators accused his force of releasing information — suggesting that children had been dismembered and their bodies burnt at a children’s home — that was “not strictly accurate”.

The investigators, who took over the inquiry after deputy police chief Lenny Harper retired in August, said that there was nothing to support suggestions that there had been any murders. They dismissed evidence gathered by Mr Harper’s team.

Shortly afterwards, Chief Officer Power walked into BBC Radio Jersey’s newsroom in St Helier and announced that he had been suspended by the island’s recently appointed Minister for Home Affairs.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5142126.ece

Daily Mail

15th November 2008

By David Rose

How police chief Lenny Harper lost the plot over the Jersey children's home 'murders'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086018/How-police-chief-Lenny-Harper-lost-plot-Jersey-childrens-home-murders.html