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| New focus in Jersey abuse inquiry | New focus in Jersey abuse inquiry |
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| A sniffer dog at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse inquiry has reacted "strongly" in a cellar search, investigators said. | |
| Deputy Chief Police Officer, Lenny Harper said it was comparable to the discovery of a child's skull at the Haut de la Garenne home. | Deputy Chief Police Officer, Lenny Harper said it was comparable to the discovery of a child's skull at the Haut de la Garenne home. |
| The dog was sent into a room in a bricked-up cellar that has been the focus of investigations. | The dog was sent into a room in a bricked-up cellar that has been the focus of investigations. |
| Mr Harper said they had received 70 calls from people mentioning a cellar. | Mr Harper said they had received 70 calls from people mentioning a cellar. |
| "It would appear as if the cellar is exactly as some of the witnesses who've made statements to us, and victims have described," he told reporters. | |
| Officers have gained partial access to the cellar, Mr Harper said, after structural engineers gave them the go-ahead. | |
| It is thought there is a second area of the cellar that is also bricked-up. | |
| "We're going to have to gain further access to that, and will probably spend the rest of the afternoon preparing for that," Mr Harper said. | |
| He explained he was "confident" about the dog's discovery but warned there "could well be an innocent explanation for what [it] may have found". |