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| Jersey 'punishment rooms' found | Jersey 'punishment rooms' found |
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| Police have discovered two more cellar rooms at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an investigation into alleged abuse. | |
| The underground chambers were found by forensic teams at Haut de la Garenne, the home where 100 people claim they were abused. | The underground chambers were found by forensic teams at Haut de la Garenne, the home where 100 people claim they were abused. |
| Called punishment rooms by victims, two other areas have already been found. | |
| Police say tests on the remains found on the site were inconclusive, but they were placed there no earlier than 1920. | Police say tests on the remains found on the site were inconclusive, but they were placed there no earlier than 1920. |
| Victims have claimed they were kept in solitary confinement and assaulted in the cellars. | |
| Senior investigating officer Lenny Harper said: "We have now established that there are a further two rooms, and we have received evidence from another victim over the last few days which tells of abuse in one of these two new rooms." | Senior investigating officer Lenny Harper said: "We have now established that there are a further two rooms, and we have received evidence from another victim over the last few days which tells of abuse in one of these two new rooms." |
| Items recovered | Items recovered |
| He said the third room is like the second, but the fourth may have reduced head room. | He said the third room is like the second, but the fourth may have reduced head room. |
| He added: "A number of items have been recovered from cellar rooms one and two, which tend to corroborate the statements of victims." | He added: "A number of items have been recovered from cellar rooms one and two, which tend to corroborate the statements of victims." |
| Mr Harper could not say what the items are as they may lose "evidential value" if the details are published. | Mr Harper could not say what the items are as they may lose "evidential value" if the details are published. |
| Excavation work will not start on the third cellar until forensic teams finish in the second chamber. | Excavation work will not start on the third cellar until forensic teams finish in the second chamber. |
| Investigators say there are more than 40 suspects in the inquiry. | Investigators say there are more than 40 suspects in the inquiry. |
| Haut de la Garenne opened in 1867 and was converted into a youth hostel after it closed as a children's home in 1986. | Haut de la Garenne opened in 1867 and was converted into a youth hostel after it closed as a children's home in 1986. |