Home cellar bath may contain blood traces

Saturday 8th March 2008, 12:00AM GMT.

TRACES of blood are believed to have been found on the bath in the hidden cellar at Haut de la Garenne.

It was in that cellar that alleged victims of child abuse have claimed that they were subjected to violence as well as sexual abuse.

Speaking about the latest finds, deputy police chief Lenny Harper confirmed that Keela, the sniffer dog which identifies blood, showed great interest in two areas of the bath when she was released for the first time into the first cellar there.

Analysed

‘We are pretty confident that Keela is indicating she has found blood, but until those samples are analysed it is not possible to confirm that,’ he said.

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