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Jersey abuse inquiry 'may reopen'.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-20043564


 Senator Ian Le Marquand dismissed suggestions that an outside force would need to be called in.

Senator Ian Le Marquand:  Home Affairs Minister


Even before a new reopened enquiry gets off the ground, the States establishment, this time in the form of Senator Ian Le Marquand, the islands home affairs minister, leaps up to dismiss claims from Lenny Harper the former deputy chief police officer, that the government had too much control and that someone was needed with an outside perspective.  Le Marquand said that the enquiry would re open if "any new leads" were uncovered. Since the ITV documentary "Exposure" was screened earlier this month, new leads and revelations have been published almost on a daily basis and some of those have a direct connection with Jersey. It is evident to all, except perhaps senator  Le Marquand, that the original enquiry on the island left numerous unanswered questions, and the way in which certain elements and individuals within the Jersey hierarchy contrived  to rubbish and downplay the work of those conducting and involved  in the enquiry, both from the police and from certain states members, is strongly indicative that there are those who are less than enthusiastic in exposing the whole story. There can be little, if any doubt, that there has been and continues to be, a massive cover up and conspiracy of silence, to conceal the truth about what went on in Jersey and to protect those involved. I have argued before that a token arrest and conviction of seven sacrificial lambs does not constitute justice for the victims of the historic abuse not only at Haut de la Garenne but also at other locations and institutions across the island over many years. It is clear that the States are not able to oversee or conduct a new enquiry. The involvement of people from the Jersey establishment with the abuse scandal and their not very subtle activities to exert pressure on the investigators, will taint any new investigation with suggestions of cover up, or worse,  The only option which is credible and likely to get to the truth is an independent enquiry, conducted and supervised by an outside body appointed from the mainland.  
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