Former deputy police chief Lenny Harper
THE Council of Ministers could be forced to reconsider their decision not to hold a Committee of Inquiry into the historical abuse investigation.
Senator Francis Le Gresley has lodged a proposition calling for a debate on the issue.
Meanwhile, former deputy police chief Lenny Harper says that by not holding an inquiry, Jersey would lose the opportunity to expose the ‘full extent of the brutalities’ inflicted at Haut de la Garenne, the former children’s home.
The man who headed the historical child abuse inquiry has reacted to Wednesday’s announcement by Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur that there will not be a committee of inquiry.
In a letter to the editor in today’s Jersey Evening Post, the now retired police officer said: ‘Such a committee would have seen the trickle of truth turn into a torrent and the full extent of the brutalities inflicted on the victims as well as the lengths gone to in attempts to cover it up would have been exposed for the world to see.’
New call for Committee of Inquiry