WAS JERSEY CARE HOME HEAD A "MONSTER" - 2 VIEWS

[ Who is correct here? Consider this point. 20 years after your death, ANYONE could accuse you of child abuse and who is to prove otherwise? ]

(1) Daughter of Jersey Care Home Boss Claims Her 'Monster' Father Subjected Her to Rape Ordeal
Evening Standard, 7 March 2008

The boss of the Jersey care "home of horror" was a paedophile who raped his own foster daughter, according to sensational new claims.

Tina Blee, 38, has come forward to tell how the "monster" forced himself on her repeatedly, starting when she was only 10 years old.

She claims Colin Tilbrook regularly raped her, usually on a specific night when his wife was out for the evening, after she moved into his home aged six.

Haut de la Garenne children's home in Jersey

The Haut de la Garenne children's home, which was run by Colin Tilbrook in the 60s. His foster daughter has now revealed that he raped her repeatedly, starting when she was 10

She said: "He was a monster and I want the world to know in the hope it will help the police."

Tilbrook, who died 20 years ago, ran the the Haut de la Garenne care home in St Martin, Jersey, during the height of a paedophile ring's regime in the 1960s.

Police have reportedly already identified him as a prime suspect in their investigation into possible abuse and even murder of children who stayed at the home.

Ms Blee told the Sun: "He abused me too but at least I survived. To think he may have been involved in the deaths of children is almost beyond belief.

"At least I am here to tell the truth about him. What he did to me has affected my entire life."

She lived with Mr Tilbrook and his second wife after he left Jersey and moved to Dorset, where he had incredibly secured a job as a council social worker vetting children's homes.

Within months, he was "checking" her as each time she went for a shower and by the time she was 10, she was being raped every week.

"I still had a social worker but he told me that if I told them they wouldn't believe me.

"They'd believe him because he was important in the social services department and I'd end up in a home like I'd started in. He knew I had nowhere to go."

The chamber where children were apparently abused beneath the 'Colditz' children's home of Haut de la Garenne in Jersey

Ms Blee also told how he abused her in "other ways" and was domineering and sexually forceful, with a short temper.

She said she never confided in her foster mother at the time because she was so terrified that she would not be believed.

The attacks only ended when Tilbrook met another woman, Carol, who was to become his third wife.

Police are reportedly now going to interview Ms Blee about the allegations and her knowledge of Tilbrook............

(2) Abuse Case Accused ?Appeared Caring?
Dorset Echo, 9 March 2008, by Stephen Bailey

A FORMER colleague has said a man accused over the Jersey child abuse investigation appeared professional and caring when he worked in Dorset.

Bournemouth Cllr Anne Rey said the late Colin Tilbrook supervised care homes for the elderly for Dorset County Council.

Mr Tillbrook was in charge of the Haut de la Garenne in Jersey in the 1960s where police are investigating claims of abuse and of possible murder.

He worked at Dorset County Council from 1973 to 1981 and was responsible for services for the elderly.

He died after a heart attack in a swimming pool in Gillingham 20 years ago, aged 62.

Cllr Anne Rey used to be a deputy manager at Henley Court in The Lansdowne. She said: "I found him very professional. He was always seen as a down to earth sort of guy. I couldn't believe it when I read it in the papers.

"I didn't know he had worked in Jersey. I don't remember him talking about the past."

A national newspaper interviewed a woman who claimed Colin Tilbrook had raped her. One person close to his family denied there was any truth to the rape allegations.

Cllr Rey said: "Until people got to know him they would think he was a bit outspoken but he had the welfare of the elderly at heart and he was well respected."

Jersey police said more than 200 witnesses have come forward with allegations of torture and sexual abuse in secret underground rooms.

They have 25 suspects and have said they are set to make three arrests.

They would not confirm Mr Tilbrook as a suspect.