Police set to make three arrests over Jersey children's home horror

Detectives investigating child abuse allegations at a Jersey children's home are poised to arrest three prime suspects after bones were found in a nearby field.

Police chief Lenny Harper said swoops will take place in Jersey and on the UK mainland.

He added: "I cannot say if the bones we have found are human yet but we will have the results on Monday."

Mr Harper said interviews with 160 alleged victims from the Haut de la Garenne care home had revealed one graphic incident from the Seventies "that has caused us particular concern. There is a strong possibility that someone died as a result".

He said they had been told of serious sex abuse taking place on day trips organised by staff and there was evidence of children being forced to watch other residents being sexually abused.

Mr Harper spoke as more than 300 people joined a rally to remember the victims in Jersey's capital St Helier.

Demonstrators called for the overthrow of the island's government amid accusations a cover-up for five decades.

Giffard Aubin, 73, said he was sent to the home as a seven year old and had darts thrown at him and wire scraped across his legs. He said: "I suffered there for nine years of my childhood. Our politicians never wanted to take any notice of us at all."

A child's skull was discovered at the home two weeks ago near to a series of hidden underground cellars. Police are about to break into a second cellar with two further underground rooms still to search amid fears they were used as torture chambers.