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'No child murders' in Jersey home 'No child murders' in Jersey home
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Detectives investigating alleged cases of historical child abuse at a former children's home in Jersey have said no children were murdered there.Detectives investigating alleged cases of historical child abuse at a former children's home in Jersey have said no children were murdered there.
Detective Superintendent Michael Gradwell is briefing the media on the case, which he took over this year. Police are investigating abuse claims centring on Haut de la Garenne home.
Police are investigating claims of abuse from the early 1960s to 1986, centring on Haut de la Garenne home. Detectives said only three of the bone fragments found could be human, and two of these were hundreds of years old.
The detectives are expected to announce dozens of burnt bone fragments found in cellars could be hundreds of years old. The Deputy Chief Officer, David Warcup, said information previously released by Jersey Police on items found at the home was "not strictly accurate".
A Jersey police spokeswoman said the briefing would detail "significant developments in how the investigation would be taken forward".
She said there would also be some information relating to some of the finds at the former children's home, Haut de la Garenne.
Jersey's Chief Minister, Senator Frank Walker, and the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister, Deputy Andrew Lewis, will outline their response to the developments later.Jersey's Chief Minister, Senator Frank Walker, and the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister, Deputy Andrew Lewis, will outline their response to the developments later.
Abuse claims
Jersey Police launched the investigation into the Haut de la Garenne site, which was a youth hostel in recent years, in 2006.Jersey Police launched the investigation into the Haut de la Garenne site, which was a youth hostel in recent years, in 2006.
It became news in February when officers found what they believed to be a skull fragment, but this was later found to be more likely a piece of wood or coconut.
Following the find, scores of people came forward claiming to have been abused at the home between the early 1960s and 1986.
Four underground chambers - referred to as "punishment rooms" by some victims - were excavated, where police found shackles, a large bloodstained bath and children's teeth.
Officers also searched a nearby WWII bunker.
Since then investigators have found 65 milk teeth and more than 100 bone fragments at the site.
Three people have been charged in connection with the child abuse inquiry, and action has yet to be taken on another two cases.
There are more than 80 suspects in the investigation.
Mr Gradwell took over the investigation from the island's deputy chief officer, Lenny Harper, who retired in August.