POLICE found more than 250 bone fragments buried at Jersey Steel after workmen unearthed human remains during the summer, it has been revealed.

An investigation was launch-ed in August after Dandara builders discovered what they thought were six bones.
A further investigation by scenes of crime officers unearthed at least a further 250 bone fragments and 28 teeth — more than the number found at Haut de la Garenne.

Forensic examinations revea-led that the bones were more than 100 years old and came from five adults and two children. One piece of bone was the jaw section of an adult male. The discovery was never linked to the historical child abuse investigation and it was believed from early in the inquiry that the remains dated from the 1800s or 1900s.

Det insp Alan Williamson said: ‘With all discoveries of this nature we have to keep an open mind. We had to initially treat it as a crime scene and dedicate specialist resources to investigate it. You can always start big with investigations such as this and scale it down when it becomes clear that it is no longer suspicious.

• Picture: Police at the site in August