BLOODSTAINED items have been found in the third and fourth cellars of Haut de la Garenne.

Although the States Police are at this stage refusing to say exactly what the items are, they have revealed that the five finds were discovered over the last few days by two search dogs.

Tests are being carried out on the objects and a number of those are expected to go to the UK for tests while some are able to be examined locally.

Deputy police chief Lenny Harper, who has been leading the historic child abuse inquiry, told the JEP: ‘All the finds could be significant but some could be extremely significant. And some could corroborate what some of the victims have been telling us went on in the cellars.’

In a statement released to the media following yesterday’s revelation that the skull fragment found inside the building is now likely to pre-date the inquiry, Mr Harper added: ‘The site of the home must remain the scene of a possible homicide.’