Haut de la Garenne in St Martin, the focal point of Jersey’s largest child abuse inquiry

ELEVEN more cases in the historical abuse inquiry have been dropped on the orders of Attorney General William Bailhache.

The police have revealed that no charges would be brought against the 11 people, many of whom have been living with the threat of prosecution for several months.

No comment has been made about who the people are who have been exonerated, but it is understood that some of them work, or worked, for the Education Department and Social Services.

The news follows the announcement on 4 June that no further action would be taken against a couple alleged to have abused children in a States home they ran in the 1980s. One of the two former suspects has since died.

The Attorney General was not available for comment today and it remains unclear how many files
relating to the historical abuse inquiry remain with his department. However, the police have insisted that their investigation is ongoing and inquiries continue into allegations of abuse.