States ‘misled’ over bone find

Monday 19th May 2008, 2:59PM BST.

POLICE have been accused of allowing the Home Affairs Minister to mislead the States about the piece of ‘bone’ found at Haut de la Garenne.

The find, which triggered a massive police inquiry and an international media frenzy focused on the Island, has now been claimed to be a shard of wood or coconut shell.

Deputy Sean Power said today that Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard gave misleading information about the police investigation when he asked the Senator a question in the States last month.

Deputy Power said: ‘The Home Affairs Minister and her assistant minister were clearly not party to up-to-date information from police and it is quite possible that the House was misled on the 29 April.’

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