Three charged in Jersey abuse inquiry
Saturday, 31 May 2008Police investigating allegations of systematic child abuse on the Channel island of Jersey have had charged a third man with abusing boys.
Michael Aubin, 45, who was born on the island but now lives in the southern English city of Southampton, was arrested in England on Thursday.
He will appear in a court in Jersey on Monday charged with one count of sodomy against a boy and two counts of indecent assault against two other boys.
The charges relate to three separate children and are alleged to have been committed between 1977 and 1980.
He is the third man to be charged in connection with the inquiry into allegations of abuse at a former children's home called Haut de la Garenne.
One 76-year-old man who used to work at the home has been charged with indecently assaulting girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979.
A 68-year-old man has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Jersey between 1971 and 1974.
A massive investigation has discovered widespread allegations of abuse of the home's former residents and police have unearthed the remains of more than one child in cellars underneath the imposing granite building.
