A former carer at a Jersey children’s home was found guilty today of indecently assaulting teenagers while he worked there in the 1970s.

THE policeman in charge of the Jersey child abuse inquiry claimed yesterday that criticism of his investigation was a bid to protect the “bucket and spade image” of the island.

The policeman in charge of the Jersey child abuse inquiry claimed today that criticism of his investigation was a bid to protect the “bucket and spade image” of the island.

JERSEY police have said they have ruled out suggestions that murders were committed at a former children’s care home at the centre of a massive abuse inquiry.

The new police chief in charge of the Jersey child abuse probe ruled out murder today as he expressed “much regret” at inaccurate information provided by his predecessors.

The former head of the Jersey child abuse investigation today said the ability to secure justice for the victims had been “sacrificed”.

A couple arrested by Jersey police as part of a historic abuse inquiry will not face charges because of a lack of evidence, the island’s Attorney General confirmed.

A couple arrested by Jersey police as part of the historic abuse inquiry will not face charges because of a lack of evidence, the island’s Attorney General said today.

The former head of the Jersey child abuse investigation tonight slammed the island’s legal system, claiming they delayed prosecutions and were held in “contempt” by victims.

Police today refused to rule out a murder inquiry into the deaths of at least five children whose charred remains were found at a former children’s home on Jersey.

Jersey police have discovered the partial remains of at least five youngsters at Haut de la Garenne, the former children’s home at the centre of the island’s child abuse investigation, it was revealed.

Evidence has been found in a Second World War bunker which “corroborates” claims by alleged child abuse victims in Jersey, detectives said today.

POLICE investigating allegations of child sex abuse on Jersey have switched their hunt for evidence to a German World War II bunker, they said yesterday.

A man is to appear before Jersey Magistrates Court today charged with sexually assaulting boys at the former children’s home Haut de la Garenne.

Two people arrested by detectives investigating historical allegations of attacks on children in care on Jersey were bailed last night, police said.

More milk teeth have been unearthed at Haut de la Garenne, the former children’s home at the centre of an abuse investigation.

A man was arrested today in connection with an abuse investigation at a former children’s home.

Police today charged a 45-year-old man over allegations of sexual abuse relating to the Haut de la Garenne former children’s home on Jersey.

A MAN has been arrested in connection with allegations of sexual abuse at the Haut de la Garenne former children’s home on Jersey, police said yesterday.

A man has been arrested in connection with allegations of sexual abuse at the Haut de la Garenne former children’s home on Jersey, police said today.

Detectives investigating allegations of abuse at a former Jersey children’s home said new tests had proved “beyond doubt” that the remains of more than one child had been found.

Detectives investigating allegations of abuse at a former Jersey children’s home have unearthed more bone fragments and another child’s tooth, police on the island said today.

A 68-year-old man was arrested in Jersey today in connection with the island’s ongoing investigation into historical child abuse.

Bloodstained items found in the cellars of a former children's home on Jersey are being analysed.

BLOODSTAINED items have been found in two underground chambers at a former children’s home in Jersey being investigated over abuse claims.

A number of bloodstained items have been found in two secret underground chambers at a former children’s home in Jersey being investigated over abuse claims, police said today.

Two pits are being excavated near the boy’s dormitory at a former Jersey children’s home where the remains of a child were found, police said today.

Police investigating abuse claims at a former children’s home on Jersey began accessing the final pair of four secret underground chambers today.

The first pictures of a second “punishment room” at a former a Jersey children’s home where 100 people claim they were abused were released today showing more graffiti written on a wall.

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.

Police broke into a second underground chamber at Haut de la Garenne today in their search for evidence of child abuse in Jersey spanning four decades.

Police tonight released the first pictures of their forensic teams at work in the underground chambers at the former Jersey care home where it is claimed children were abused.

Several hundred people today gathered at a rally to support alleged victims of child abuse at a former Jersey care home.

Specially-trained dogs have found traces of blood at a former children’s home in Jersey which is at the centre of a major abuse investigation, police said tonight.

Police in Jersey are to investigate claims that a man was abused in three children’s homes in the Channel Islands, including the notorious “house of horrors” Haut de la Garenne.

Disturbed earth in the grounds of a former children’s home could have been caused by the BBC’s filming of police drama 'Bergerac'.

Hi-tech military radar equipment is being used today in the search for more bodies at a former care home where human remains were found buried in a stairwell.

The first picture of a “punishment room” at a former children’s home at the centre of a major abuse investigation revealed today a haunting message written on the wall.

A former worker at the Jersey care home at the centre of a child abuse scandal told how she saw children “frozen with fear”.

Excavation work at a former Jersey care home at the centre of a child abuse scandal will stop today to relieve forensic teams who have been working up to 13 hours a day searching for human remains.

Police today issued a warning after investigating allegations that a former worker at the Jersey care home where where a child’s skull was found approached a victim and told them to keep quiet.

British Police searching a former Jersey care home for human remains today said there may be a third hidden underground chamber.

The discovery of two underground rooms at a former children’s home in Jersey has echoed the accounts of abuse from former residents.

The grim prospect of more bodies being discovered at a Jersey former children’s home was raised tonight after a search dog reacted to a hidden cellar.