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.
Jimmy Savile
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Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. During his lifetime, he was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops
Jersey child abuse investigation
…underground chambers, mysterious pits, and metal restraint shackles, were all innocuous or misidentified. In March 2008, BBC television personality Jimmy Savile started legal proceedings against The Sun newspaper which had, wrongly he claimed, linked him in several articles to the child abuse scandal at Haut…
Savile in 2006
Savile at the 1982 Leeds Marathon
Savile's coffin on display at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, 8 November 2011