Abuse inquiry police costs ‘may not all be justified’
Wednesday 28th January 2009, 2:57PM GMT.
POLICE spending on the historical abuse inquiry may have run out of control under Lenny Harper, Home Affairs are claiming.
Home Affairs chief officer Steven Austin-Vautier has told the Treasury Department that he cannot justify some of the money spent. The money includes £2.6 million for extra staff costs, and £1 million to cover travel, accommodation and other expenses.
The news comes as Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has signed off another £1.5 million to the Home Affairs, Health, Chief Minister’s and Law Officers’ departments to fund various elements of the investigation.
In the report behind the decision, the chief officer of the Home Affairs department Mr Austin-Vautier – who is also the accounting officer legally responsible for the department’s expenditure – raised concerns for the first time about the bills coming in.
• Police officers on duty at Haut de la Garenne. Last year the States agreed funding of £7.5 million for the investigation
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Lenny Harper is now not only starting to sound like a senationalist of the media but a spend thrift of Public money as well. Why did the States allow such a situation to happen? Who is responsible?
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I wouldn’t mind knowing how Senator Syvret intends to defend this last revelation. It is now becoming obvious to everybody that the whole abuse scandal has been handled very badly and it has cost a fortune. And in reality little has been accomplished so far, especially if you take the number of arrests into account.
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It’s unbeliavable how the status quo counterattacks an honest police inquiry by a highly reputed officer, attempting to divert attention to the real issue: where there or were not there abuses comitted against innocent children in Haut de la Garenne at all?
Until you answer that question thoroughly no other statement will be accepted by the Jersey community and no further counteraccusation will be accepted by the public.
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