Trial date is set in child abuse case

THE couple charged with multiple assaults against children in their care at Haut de la Garenne will face an assize trial in November.

Morag Jordan (née Kidd) and her husband, Anthony Jordan, both aged 62, deny a total of 49 counts of assault against 11 children at the former care home between 1970 and 1984.

The couple, who live in Scotland, were charged with the offences in February as part of the historical child abuse inquiry.

The couple remain on bail on a number of conditions, including that they live at their home address in Scotland and surrender their passports. The trial is due to start on 15 November.

Article posted on 18th June, 2010 - 2.59pm

Trial date is set in child abuse case

THE couple charged with multiple assaults against children in their care at Haut de la Garenne will face an assize trial in November.

Morag Jordan (née Kidd) and her husband, Anthony Jordan, both aged 62, deny a total of 49 counts of assault against 11 children at the former care home between 1970 and 1984.

The couple, who live in Scotland, were charged with the offences in February as part of the historical child abuse inquiry.

The couple remain on bail on a number of conditions, including that they live at their home address in Scotland and surrender their passports. The trial is due to start on 15 November.

Article posted on 18th June, 2010 - 2.59pm

Rapist jailed for 12 years

A 62-YEAR-OLD accountant has been jailed for 12 years by the Royal Court for sexually abusing two women when they were children.

Leonard Miles Vandenborn was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and one of rape in April after a highly emotional four-day trial in which both his victims, now in their 30s and 40s, gave evidence.

Article posted on 15th June, 2010 - 3.01pm


Rapist jailed for 12 years

Rapist jailed for 12 years

A 62-YEAR-OLD accountant has been jailed for 12 years by the Royal Court for sexually abusing two women when they were children.

Leonard Miles Vandenborn was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and one of rape in April after a highly emotional four-day trial in which both his victims, now in their 30s and 40s, gave evidence.

Article posted on 15th June, 2010 - 3.01pm


Rapist jailed for 12 years

Senatorial Candidate Stuart Syvret.

Senatorial Candidate Stuart Syvret.

Forty make claims in abuse inquiry

By Diane Simon

COMPENSATION claims are being made on behalf of about 40 people for alleged abuse they suffered while in the care of Jersey’s Health and Social Services.

The claimants, whose cases have followed on from the States police’s historical child abuse inquiry, are being represented by David Coleman, founding partner of the Dublin-based legal practice Lavelle Coleman.

The company recently successfully represented 1,500 clients who made claims for compensation as victims of abuse in care and residential institutions in southern Ireland between the 1940s and 1970s, which led to a major investigation.

Mr Coleman, a qualified solicitor in both Ireland and England, is hoping to negotiate with Jersey’s authorities the setting up of a form of tribunal or redress board in the Island to consider these claims in a similar way to how they were dealt with in southern Ireland.

Article posted on 14th June, 2010 - 2.59pm

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Forty make claims in abuse inquiry

By Diane Simon

COMPENSATION claims are being made on behalf of about 40 people for alleged abuse they suffered while in the care of Jersey’s Health and Social Services.

The claimants, whose cases have followed on from the States police’s historical child abuse inquiry, are being represented by David Coleman, founding partner of the Dublin-based legal practice Lavelle Coleman.

The company recently successfully represented 1,500 clients who made claims for compensation as victims of abuse in care and residential institutions in southern Ireland between the 1940s and 1970s, which led to a major investigation.

Mr Coleman, a qualified solicitor in both Ireland and England, is hoping to negotiate with Jersey’s authorities the setting up of a form of tribunal or redress board in the Island to consider these claims in a similar way to how they were dealt with in southern Ireland.

Article posted on 14th June, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read more: here