Jersey police chief faces inquiry
The Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police is to lead a discipline inquiry into the conduct of the Chief Officer of Jersey Police.
Brian Moore will look at the conduct of Graham Power over the investigation of alleged abuse at the former Haut de la Garenne children's home.
The plan to investigate Mr Power, who is suspended from duty, was discussed in Jersey's State Assembly on Tuesday.
Wiltshire Police have now confirmed the inquiry will be led by Mr Moore.
The former Haut de la Garenne children's home hit the headlines in February when police found what they believed to be part of a child's skull and began a murder investigation.
But a second team of detectives looked into the case and found no-one was murdered there and that previously released evidence had been inaccurate.
The piece of suspected skull bone turned out to be a piece of coconut.
Following that revelation in November, Jersey's government criticised the £4.5m police investigation into the case and ministers suspended Mr Power.
The chief officer of police in Jersey has said his suspension did not follow correct procedure.
Graham Power was suspended last month after concerns about the police inquiry into historic abuse at the former Haut de la Garenne children's home.
Mr Power wrote a confidential account of his suspension for States members, which has now been leaked to the media.
The document said his suspension was "mishandled", but this has been rejected by the home affairs minister.
Deputy Andrew Lewis told BBC News procedures were followed "to the letter".
Secret session
Mr Power's e-mail included a copy of the Disciplinary Code for Chief Officers, which states an officer must be informed in advance if there are concerns about his conduct.
In serious cases the officer must have a hearing and be allowed to offer a report in his defence. Mr Power said in his letter that this did not happen.
But Mr Lewis said the disciplinary code had been strictly followed.
The confidential document was e-mailed among several States members before a discussion in the States meeting on Tuesday.
In the meeting the home affairs minister confirmed Mr Power had been suspended, but refused to offer more information.
Coconut fragment
States members then went into a secret session to discuss the issue.
Mr Power was suspended after a new police inquiry team said no-one had been murdered at Haut de la Garenne.
The former children's home hit the headlines in February when police found what they believed to be part of a child's skull and began a murder investigation. It later turned out to be a piece of coconut.
At the time of Mr Power's suspension Mr Lewis said some aspects of the inquiry had "not been conducted properly".
Mr Power has strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
Detectives said only three of the bone fragments found could be human, and two of these were hundreds of years old.
Detective Superintendent Michael Gradwell then discredited a number of the claims made about the operation by the island's former deputy chief officer, Lenny Harper.