UNLIMITED resources will be made available to police investigating the discovery of a child’s remains at Haut de la Garenne, ministers have promised.
At an emergency Council of Ministers meeting yesterday, ministers agreed to provide a ‘blank cheque’ to police and prosecutors to make sure that the investigation is carried out as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.
‘Funding is not an issue, the police will get whatever they need,’ said Chief Minister Frank Walker.
‘Ministers are determined to ensure that the police and prosecuting authorities and the courts have all the support and all the resources they will need to ensure that the inquiry firstly is undertaken as fully as necessary - it is a thorough and exhaustive inquiry - and secondly that it is clearly in the best interests of all concerned that it is undertaken as quickly as possible.’
And the Senator promised that there will be no hiding place for child abusers or anyone who tried to cover up for them.
Senator Walker added that the police had said that there was no evidence of a cover-up, and attacked his former Health Minister for ‘deliberately damaging Jersey’s national and international reputation’.
Article posted on 26th February, 2008 - 12.00am
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