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Digital copy of a Letter from a relative of Witness 30's family to Attorney General A V [Vernon Amy] Tomes. [Some details redacted]. Taken from the Children's Services client file of Witness 30.

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Reference

C/D/AW1/A3/6/2/6/WD004452

Date

December 20th 1985 - December 20th 1985

Scope and Content

Details overall concern for Witness 30 and his siblings, mentioning visits to the family home, along with a mother and another relative. Refers to approach to the Children's Office regarding concerns for the children, and instances where the children themselves would report their concerns to relatives or to the Police. Details concerns regarding Witness 30's brother's mental health, mentioning suggestions of suicide. Refers to emotional abuse present in the home. Advocates for the children to be admitted into Care. Describes Witness 30's parents, mentioning Witness 30's father's alcoholism. Refers to Witness 30's residency in Care due to non attendance at school, and his visits home at weekends. Comments on Witness 30 having witnessed parental rows, and hearing requests by his mother to return home. Notes that during a recent weekend visit Witness 30 was told by his father to leave the family home, and that Witness 30 was physically assaulted.

Names

Children's Services
Children's Office
Tomes, Vernon Amy
Crown Officers Department

Keywords

States Building | Attorneys General | abuse | alcoholism | assaults | brothers | Correspondence | childcare | children's services | Children's Officers | Children | child protection | domestic abuse | emotional abuse | evidence | fathers | Homes | IJCI | Letters | mental health | mothers | marriages | Police | parents | physical abuse | Schools | Suicide | visits | witnesses

Dimensions

1 pdf file

Language

English

Level of description

file

Access Restriction

PDF file - please click on the link to download

Closed until

2100

Context:

C/D/AW Independent Jersey Care Inquiry »
C/D/AW1 Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Phase 1a. Evidence of and relating to former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes Witness Statements given to the Inquiry and the States of Jersey Police, and supporting evidence in the form of Witness Documents. »
C/D/AW1/A Phase 1a - Witness Documents. Evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes extracts from Children's Services client files, witness statements given to the States of Jersey Police and documents relating to criminal proceedings and convictions of abusers. »
C/D/AW1/A3 Witness Documents - Witness Documents Being Read Into The Record. Supporting evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster placements designated as Witnesses Being Read Into The Record as part of Phase 1a. »
C/D/AW1/A3/6 Evidence about former residents of Haut de la Garenne designated as Witnesses Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents. »
C/D/AW1/A3/6/2 Evidence about former residents of Haut de la Garenne admitted between 1970 and 1986 designated as Witnesses Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents. »
C/D/AW1/A3/6/2/6 Evidence about Witness 30, a former resident of Haut de la Garenne admitted between 1970 and 1986 designated as a Witness Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents. »
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