Ken

Feb 24, 08 - 12:32 AM

Jersey Abuse inquiry continues - with body found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7260625.stm

The story will develop but check the BBC's usual right hand list of links for the earlier news.

Ken

Mar 31st, 2008 - 2:51 PM

Re: Jersey Abuse inquiry continues - with body found

Hmmm, I don't know how much good will come from tonight's Panorama chasing after an alleged suspect in the Jersey enquiry (if it dates back 40 years, allegations are all they are until arrests start happening).

I freely admit to not knowing how Jersey's Justice system works, but hopefully the Beeb won't go so far as to endanger the trials of anyone accused and give their lawyers any ammunition to try to overturn them by the end, if they result in convictions.

§tèvë

Jun 1st, 2008 - 3:50 PM

Jersey sex abuse case man charged

Police have charged a 45-year-old man over allegations of sexual abuse relating to the Haut de la Garenne former children's home on Jersey.

Michael Aubin, born in Jersey and living in Southampton, Hampshire, was arrested in Britain by Jersey officers on Thursday.

He will appear before the Magistrate in Jersey charged with one count against a boy and two counts of indecent assault against two other boys.

The charges relate to three separate children and are alleged to have been committed between 1977 and 1980. A Jersey Police spokesperson said it was possible that further charges may follow.

A Jersey Police spokeswoman said he was the third man to be arrested in connection with the ongoing historical abuse inquiry.

Gordon Claude Wateridge, 76, originally from Croydon, south London, has been charged with three offences of indecent assault on girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979.

Claude Donnelly, 68, of St Brelade, has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Jersey between 1971 and 1974.

Neither man has entered a plea.

Detectives have said new tests had proved "beyond doubt" that the remains of more than one child have been found at Haut de la Garenne.

Expert examination of five teeth unearthed in a cellar at the former children's home over the last week revealed that most had come out after death and from at least two sources. The context of the finds suggests that the teeth were put in the cellar after the 1940s.

Haut de la Garenne became the centre of the historic abuse inquiry in February.

Scores of people have come forward claiming they were abused at the home. Some talked of underground punishment rooms where they said they were drugged, raped and beaten.

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Ken Feb 24, 08 - 12:32 AM	Jersey Abuse inquiry continues - with body found http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7260625.stm The story will develop but check the BBC's usual right hand list of links for the earlier news.
Ken Mar 31st, 2008 - 2:51 PM	Re: Jersey Abuse inquiry continues - with body found Hmmm, I don't know how much good will come from tonight's Panorama chasing after an alleged suspect in the Jersey enquiry (if it dates back 40 years, allegations are all they are until arrests start happening). I freely admit to not knowing how Jersey's Justice system works, but hopefully the Beeb won't go so far as to endanger the trials of anyone accused and give their lawyers any ammunition to try to overturn them by the end, if they result in convictions.
§tèvë Jun 1st, 2008 - 3:50 PM	Jersey sex abuse case man charged Police have charged a 45-year-old man over allegations of sexual abuse relating to the Haut de la Garenne former children's home on Jersey. Michael Aubin, born in Jersey and living in Southampton, Hampshire, was arrested in Britain by Jersey officers on Thursday. He will appear before the Magistrate in Jersey charged with one count against a boy and two counts of indecent assault against two other boys. The charges relate to three separate children and are alleged to have been committed between 1977 and 1980. A Jersey Police spokesperson said it was possible that further charges may follow. A Jersey Police spokeswoman said he was the third man to be arrested in connection with the ongoing historical abuse inquiry. Gordon Claude Wateridge, 76, originally from Croydon, south London, has been charged with three offences of indecent assault on girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979. Claude Donnelly, 68, of St Brelade, has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Jersey between 1971 and 1974. Neither man has entered a plea. Detectives have said new tests had proved "beyond doubt" that the remains of more than one child have been found at Haut de la Garenne. Expert examination of five teeth unearthed in a cellar at the former children's home over the last week revealed that most had come out after death and from at least two sources. The context of the finds suggests that the teeth were put in the cellar after the 1940s. Haut de la Garenne became the centre of the historic abuse inquiry in February. Scores of people have come forward claiming they were abused at the home. Some talked of underground punishment rooms where they said they were drugged, raped and beaten.