Jersey abuse police rule out murder
The new police chief in charge of the Jersey child abuse probe has ruled out murder as he expressed "much regret" at inaccurate information provided by his predecessors.
Deputy chief officer David Warcup criticised previous operations in his first briefing since taking charge of one of Britain's biggest child abuse cases, which is investigating complaints from more than 100 people.
The island's former deputy chief officer, Lenny Harper, was wrong in suggesting youngsters might have been murdered and dismembered at Haut de la Garenne children's home, which closed in 1986, he said.
Mr Warcup added: "There is no suggestion there has been murder or any bodies destroyed."
The senior detectives also announced that dozens of burnt bone fragments found in cellars could be hundreds of years old.
