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| Child's remains 'found' in Jersey | Child's remains 'found' in Jersey |
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| Police have discovered what appear to be the remains of a child's body at a former care home in Jersey. | Police have discovered what appear to be the remains of a child's body at a former care home in Jersey. |
| Haut de la Garenne is at the centre of an investigation into alleged child abuse over a period of 40 years. | Haut de la Garenne is at the centre of an investigation into alleged child abuse over a period of 40 years. |
| A specialist team began searching the building on Tuesday, using a sniffer dog and ground-penetrating radar. | A specialist team began searching the building on Tuesday, using a sniffer dog and ground-penetrating radar. |
| The investigation involves abuse of boys and girls aged between 11 and 15 at several government institutions and organisations in Jersey. | The investigation involves abuse of boys and girls aged between 11 and 15 at several government institutions and organisations in Jersey. |
| Jersey Police began investigating allegations of abuse in November last year. | Jersey Police began investigating allegations of abuse in November last year. |
| Haute de la Garenne and Jersey Sea Cadets are the main focus of the inquiry. | Haute de la Garenne and Jersey Sea Cadets are the main focus of the inquiry. |
| More than 100 people have contacted a helpline since the investigation began. | More than 100 people have contacted a helpline since the investigation began. |
| In January, Gordon Claude Wateridge was the first person to be charged in connection with the investigation. | In January, Gordon Claude Wateridge was the first person to be charged in connection with the investigation. |
| 'Come forward' | |
| Mr Wateridge, 76, is accused of indecently assaulting three girls, all under 16, between 1969 and 1979, when they were at Haut de la Garenne. | Mr Wateridge, 76, is accused of indecently assaulting three girls, all under 16, between 1969 and 1979, when they were at Haut de la Garenne. |
| Police say further arrests are expected. | Police say further arrests are expected. |
| Former Jersey Health Minister, Senator Stuart Syvret, whose concerns about alleged child abuse in Jersey institutions led to the police inquiry, urged anyone who was at Haut de la Garenne to come forward. | |
| The States set up an independent review of child care services and a helpline run by the NSPCC in the UK was set up for people to call. | |
| Mr Syvret told BBC News: "It's essential those with concerns call it, or get in touch with the police. | |
| "Having spoken to people who were at Haut de la Garenne this discovery is not surprising. | |
| "I am frankly very apprehensive about what else they will find." | |
| Haut de la Garenne started life in 1867 as the Industrial School, for "young people of the lower classes of society and neglected children". | |
| It is now Jersey's Youth Hostel and featured as a police station in the TV series Bergerac. |