Two Years for Sex Abuse at Jersey Care Home

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VICTIMS of alleged child abuse in Jersey said yesterday they were vindicated after a former carer was jailed for two years for a string of sex attacks. Gordon Wateridge, 78, nicknamed "the perv" by his victims, repeatedly sexually assaulted three teenagers at children's home Haut de la Garenne during the 1970s. Wateridge, of St Clement, Jersey, was the first person to be charged in connection with the multi-million pound historic abuse investigation on the island. His jailing intensified calls for further action to investigate other alleged abuses.

Lawyer for many alleged victims, Alan Collins, said: "The Jersey government has now got two choices - it can drag all the victims through the courts and force them to relive their ordeals or it can do the right thing and compensate those who want to be compensated." Some campaigners say they have no confidence in the Channel Island's government and called for the UK to intervene by sending an "independent" expert to head an inquiry.

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Two Years for Sex Abuse at Jersey Care Home

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