Det Superintendent Mick Gradwell (centre) at a joint press conference on the investigation into historical child abuse last December with (from left) Det Insp Alison Fossey, Eireann Le Poidevin and Caroline Modral of Jersey Care Leavers Association and Ray Alexander of NSPCCDet Superintendent Mick Gradwell (centre) at a joint press conference on the investigation into historical child abuse last December with (from left) Det Insp Alison Fossey, Eireann Le Poidevin and Caroline Modral of Jersey Care Leavers Association and Ray Alexander of NSPCC
A GROUP that represents victims of child abuse says its members have been treated with contempt by the States police and other Island authorities since Lenny Harper retired.
The Jersey Care Leavers Association says its members have been ‘humiliated’ again as they have been ‘presented in the public mind’ as the cause of problems when they are totally innocent victims.
The association held a press conference yesterday at which its chairman, Carrie Modral, read out a statement on behalf of its 30 members. However, she said that no questions would be taken or answered at the event at the former Magistrate’s Court in Seale Street.
Ms Modral said that during the past two weeks the public had been exposed to ‘a barrage of information’ as a result of media interviews with the now retired Detective Superintendent Mick Gradwell, who led the historical abuse inquiry following the retirement of Mr Harper.
Ms Modral said that Mr Gradwell ‘totally rubbished the credibility of the entire investigation carried out by Lenny Harper and his team’.
Article posted on 9th September, 2009 - 2.57pm
Police ‘treat child abuse victims with contempt’