Comments
Digital copy of article relating to child abuse at Haut de la Garenne. Undated. [Some details redacted].
| Reference | ZC/D/AW1/C/WD001530 |
| Date | 10 November 2014 |
| Scope and Content | Refers to investigation into alleged child abuse at Haut de la Garenne. Refers to allegations made to Deputy Chief Police Officer Lenny Harper relating to abuse in Guernsey, and contains response from Guernsey Police Superintendent Ian Morellec. Comments on allegations made by a former care home resident of physical and sexual abuse occuring at two Guernsey children's homes. Refers to introduction of Freedom of Information Law in Guernsey, providing comment from Guernsey's Chief Minister Mike Torode. Provides details of [States of Jersey] Police's investigation into alleged abuse at Haut de la Garenne and two other children's homes on Jersey, mentioning interviews of 160 alleged victims with complaints dating mainly from the 1960s and 1970s. Refers to suggestions children may have been killed at Haut de la Garenne, mentioning fields and digging up floors. Refers to the carbon dating of part of a child's skull and other bone fragments found at Haut de la Garenne. |
| Names | Haut de la Garenne States of Jersey Police Harper, Leonard Guernsey Police Morellec, Ian Torode, Michael W |
| Keywords | articles | allegations | abuse | Bones | children's homes | child abuse | childcare | Chief Minister | Children | evidence | freedom of information | investigations | Journalism | laws | police officers | physical abuse | Police | Radiocarbon dating | residents | sexual abuse | victims | witnesses |
| Places | Guernsey, Haut de la Garenne, Jersey |
| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | PDF file - please click on the link to download |
| Closed until | 2100 |