Body found at Jersey children's home

Police will extend their search at a former Channel Islands children's home to six more areas today after a body was found there…

Police will extend their search at a former Channel Islands children's home to six more areas today after a body was found there.

A child's body parts, thought to date from the early 1980s, were unearthed at the Haut de la Garenne house in Jersey on Saturday after a sniffer dog detected them through several inches of concrete.

"There are six other sites of interest that we have now got to look at," a Jersey police spokeswoman said. "It doesn't mean there are six other bodies."

The search of Haut de la Garenne in St Martin began last Tuesday after police received information from three different sources about the possibility of there being remains.

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Last November, police launched an investigation into alleged child abuse on the island, including Haut de la Garenne.

Last month, Gordon Wateridge (76), was charged with three offences of indecent assault on girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979 at Haut de la Garenne.