Jersey care agencies probed

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Detectives launched an inquiry after accusations of violent and sexual abuse were made against former workers at care homes going back to the 1960s.

The investigation into paedophile crimes brought police into contact with 150 people claiming to be victims of abuse or witnesses to it.

The NSPCC said they received 63 calls from people claiming they were abused in Jersey care homes, 27 of which have been referred to detectives.

Intelligence from that investigation led police to the youth hostel and former children's home Haut de la Garenne where they discovered a child's skull on Saturday.

Forensic teams are now searching six more sites at the building in St Martin which were identified by a sniffer dog specially trained to find human remains. The search is focussed on a bricked up cellar where the dog identified a number of hotspots.

Jersey's deputy chief police officer Lenny Harper said they are investigating why so many complaints were not dealt with. "Part of the inquiry will be the fact that a lot of the victims tried to report their assaults but for some reason or another they were not dealt with as they should be," he said.

"We are looking at allegations that a number of agencies didn't deal with things as perhaps they should, we are looking at all the agencies."

The state's former health minister, Senator Stuart Seyvret, has accused the Government of a cover-up but Mr Harper said he had not seen evidence of that.

Jersey's Chief Minister, Senator Frank Walker, said they would help the police investigate any allegations of a cover up. "We are concentrating all our resources on helping the police and that includes looking at any allegations of a cover up," he said. "If anyone is found guilty they would be arrested and prosecuted in exactly the same way as the people who perpetrated these evil crimes."