The multimillion-pound investigation at the children's home led to several convictions but also highlighted mistakes by the police.
Jersey abuse trial ends problem-hit criminal inquiry
Child abuse: Jersey probe highlighted many problems
The conclusion of criminal proceedings against Morag and Tony Jordan brings to a close a shameful episode in Jersey history.
As verdicts relating to common assault at Haut de la Garenne were read, former residents of the children's care home wept at the back of the court.
It marks the final act of a multimillion-pound investigation that led to a number of convictions but will forever be remembered for its failings.
The probe uncovered not only historic abuse in the Jersey care system, but also serious mistakes in the handling of the inquiry. Many feel that, as a result, questions remain unanswered.
Haut de la Garenne was dubbed the "house of horrors" in 2008 after police claimed they had found fragments of a child's skull at the former children's home.
It prompted one of the largest child abuse investigations ever conducted in the British Isles, costing around £4.5m.
More than 100 former residents came forward to report abuse at the care home.
But it resulted in only a handful of convictions, with the cases against at least three people named by alleged victims dropped due to lack of evidence.
The episode also left the reputation of the island's police seriously tarnished.
Haut de le Garenne, a former Victorian school and orphanage, served for many years as a children's home, housing often vulnerable youngsters from broken homes.
The allegations of abuse date from after 1945 until it was closed down in 1986. It later became a youth hostel.
An investigation into alleged abuse began in 2006.
In February 2008, Jersey Police announced to the media that it had launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a piece of skull.
It prompted a full-scale investigation including excavation work at the site.
As the national media descended on the island, further details were revealed by the police.
These included secret underground "punishment rooms", shackles and the discovery of teeth.
Deputy Police Chief Lenny Harper, leading the investigation, suggested that as many as five children could have been murdered at Haut de la Garenne.
But the murder investigation disintegrated as a revamped investigation headed by a new man following Mr Harper's retirement disputed the evidence.
The skull fragment was found likely to be a small piece of coconut. Shackles were merely rusted pieces of metal and the milk teeth found could have been shed naturally, the new probe found.
It also emerged that so-called punishment rooms, in which torture was alleged to have been carried out, were too small for an adult to stand up straight.
The original investigation was described as a "shambles" and the murder claims were discredited.
"There is no suggestion there has been murder or any bodies destroyed," Deputy Chief Officer David Warcup declared after he was brought in to review the evidence.
It prompted claims of a cover-up on the island. Jersey senator Stuart Syvret and Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming went to the High Court in London in an bid to get then-justice secretary Jack Straw to intervene.
But the attempt to force a judicial review failed, with Lord Justice Richards dismissing the application on the grounds that the complaint should be pursued through Jersey's own judicial system.
Meanwhile prosecutors sought to bring to justice a number of people alleged to have carried out abuse at the children's home.
Last year, former carer Gordon Wateridge was jailed for two years for a string of sex attacks during the 1970s.
The unrelated case of the Jordans, convicted of physical assaults against former residents while working as houseparents, was the last prosecutors have on their books relating to the Haut de la Garenne care home.
Jersey abuse trial ends problem-hit criminal inquiry