Further 'punishment rooms' found at Jersey abuse home 25/03/2008 - 12:46:20
Two more “punishment rooms” were found at a former Jersey children’s home at the centre of a major child abuse investigation, police said today.
The two secret underground chambers were found by forensic teams at Haut de la Garenne, the home where 100 people claim they were physically and sexually assaulted since the 1960s.
Search teams have already excavated two other cellars at the site.
The four chambers were referred to as “punishment rooms” by some victims, who claim they were kept in solitary confinement and assaulted.
The home was dubbed the “House of Horrors” after the remains of a child were found buried in a stairwell on February 23.
Jersey police said tests on the remains, which were placed at the site no earlier than 1920, are inconclusive and more will be carried out.
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