An investigation into historic child abuse in Jersey started in the spring of 2007. Before that, social worker Simon Bellwood had made a complaint about a "'Dickensian' system" where children as young
Side view of Haut de la Garenne in 2008. Part of the façade is boarded up following the forensic excavations in the building.
Wilfrid Brambell
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Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish actor. He was best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son
Jersey child abuse investigation
…to accuse him of past abuse. Several people from Haut de la Garenne also came forward at this time. In 2012, it was alleged that the deceased actor Wilfrid Brambell had abused two boys aged 12–13 in Jersey, during the 1970s. One of the boys was from the Haut de la Garenne children's home. Jersey Police have so far…
Brambell in 1966 (photo by Duffy)