06/04/2017 Channel Islands News

Welcome to BBC Channel Islands on Thursday April 6th.

Police name the woman found dead in St Helier and reveal

Four years on, and the Groves family speak

of their hope as they continue their battle for justice in memory

Best we can ever hope for is to be categoric 100% not reasonable doubt,

junk food -- to find out who did it and if we are lucky wife. -- Y.

And potentially life saving: women in Jersey will soon

be automatically invited for cancer screening.

And it may seem a bit early to talk about the strength of the sun but

it's got some strength now. This is where it is at the moment, peaking

in June. More detailed, at in the programme.

Good evening, I'm Alison Moss A woman who was

earlier this week has been named as 51-year-old Ana Maria

Jersey Police say she'd been strangled.

They want to speak to anyone who spoke to her after last Friday.

This is the photo of Ana Rebelo chosen by her family to be

The 51-year-old's body was found at this home on Victoria Street

A member of the public called 999, but she was already dead

Now, a postmortem exam has found that she died as a result

of compression to the neck by a third party, that is,

A 58-year-old man arrested on Tuesday on suspicion

of her murder has been released on bail, while officers

The police aren't giving any interviews today,

but told me earlier they aren't actively searching for anyone else

They're reiterating there's no danger to public safety.

They're still speaking to key witnesses, and they're appealing

again for anyone with information that may be relevant -

no matter how small - to get in touch.

In the meantime, forensic work is carrying on at Victoria Street

today, and specially trained officers

will be continuing to support Mrs Rebelo's family.

Four years ago a Guernsey family received an horrific phone call

saying their daughter had been murdered.

24 year old Sarah Groves was stabbed on a houseboat in India.

A Dutch national, Richard De Witt, was charged with her murder

His trial began in 2013 but has been plagued by delays.

On the fourth anniversary of her death, Sarah's father says

he's more confident that progress will be made this year.

It may've been four years since Sarah was murdered,

but for her parents, memories of her are

Her photo taking pride of place in their home.

When told about Sarah's death, her mother Kate says she hoped

I immediately phoned the police and asked them to verify that it was

true, I was hoping beyond hope that it was a hoax and very sadly they

came back to tell us that you know it was true.

The family has found comfort in launching

It aims to enhance the lives of young people and has put on many

big events in Guernsey and beyond, such as this bike ride to Spain.

But while they're happy with Sarah's Foundation

they're appalled by the quest for justice in Kashmir.

This man's accused of her murder but the trial is taking years

Persistent delays, including witnesses not appearing in court,

the defendant dismissing a number of his lawyers and civil

unrest in the region, are all issues the family are having

But her father says they're hopeful the new public prosecutor will be

I just keep harking back to the futility of the whole thing, how it

can ever come about that this kind of situation happened, how any one

human being can do this to any other human being, and I suppose best we

can ever hope for is to be categoric, not a reasonable doubt

who did it, and then if we are really lucky to find out why.

A prolific paedophile has been sentenced to eight and a half years

42-year-old Karn Damien Laffoley from Jersey,

pleaded guilty to numerous indecent image offences -

as well as breaching sex offender restrictions previously

Police describe him as a predator, whose behaviour was "nothing

Back in court for another sex offence.

Karn Laffoley has been in and out of jail in the UK and Jersey over

the past eight years for making and distributing indecent

His latest offence involves 434 images.

19 of the level four category, which is the second most severe.

They feature various unknown children -

and also a nine year old girl referred to as Miss A -

On the first of January 2015 - Laffoley contacted Miss A's mother -

known as Ms X via the Plenty of Fish dating site.

Her profile picture featured her with her nine-year-old daughter.

This is while he was completing a Sex Offender Treatment Programme

By March, Ms X, who lives in the UK,

was sending indecent images and movies of her daughter

He also visited them, breaching his restrictions.

Those pictures among many others have been

uncovered on the 'dark web', where they'll remain indefinitely.

Today the Royal Court sentenced Laffoley to

And banned him for 15 years from contacting or being

in the presence of young people as well as using

Jersey's Bailiff William Bailhache said in court that the

'sentencing was given with a view that you have played along

with those that have tried to help you.

We treat that as a serious aggravating factor.'

William Bailhache went on to say the '15 year

"It's for the protection of society...

Laffoley will receive more treatment for his addiction

Women in Jersey will soon be automatically invited for cervical

screening when they turn 25 - rather than waiting for them

Cervical cancer's the most common cancer among younger women,

and if caught early enough it's also one of the most treatable.

The health department wants to make sure every woman

Charlie McArdle's been to meet one woman in Jersey whose family has

Jade De Abreu's step mother, Lisa, has been diagnosed

with stage four terminal cancer at the age of 35.

Lisa, who lives in the UK, failed to have a smear test for nine

years believing she was too young to get Cervical Cancer,

We were totally shocked because of her age and then a little bit angry

because you think nine years, why would you not have a smear for nine

years. And to think, you know, if a smear had been done earlier it could

have been a completely different outcome, so that's one of the worst

parts of it because it could have been preventable.

Although numbers are small, Cervical cancer is the most common

And if caught early enough it's very treatable -

with nine out of ten women surviving.

In Jersey, woman are offered screening every three years

from the age of 25, but unlike the UK are not

automatically invited for their first test.

That could change though, as there are plans to write

to all women inviting them to be screened as soon as

Until that happens, you're being urged to make

What we're trying to develop is a system where from our names and

addresses register the cancer of the call system and we hope to have that

in place by the end of this year. Until that happens,

you're being urged to make that first appointment,

and keep up with the regular checks Jake you have spoken to Lisa on a

regular basis. Does she have a message? You'll agree yes, go and

get your spare tests! This just goes to show it could have been prevented

and if this prevents anybody else's family from going through what we

are going to go through then go and do it because it's not worth it,

it's... It's really not. Jersey's Chief Ministers could be

prevented from serving more than two terms of office under plans

from an island politician. The politician behind the proposal

believes Jersey should follow the example of the United States

and other jurisdictions to make sure the island's senior politician

doesn't become exhausted from doing This is not personal, nothing to do

with Senator Gorst but a general principle that I think the job is

really pretty high-powered and so on, and it isn't fair to keep people

on so that they just get burned out. BBC Radio Jersey will be discussing

the senator's suggestion - including a response

from the Chief Minister - in more detail tomorrow

morning from seven. The sun is glorious - but those rays

are getting stronger - I insisted on suncream

before my beach walk this morning - David Braine has our forecast

tonight - David it's time to start thinking about that sunshine

index isn't it? We are starting to think about that,

Alison, right. Wall-to-wall sunshine means if you are staying out all day

it will have an effect. The index is around four or five over the next

few days. Where we are at the moment is sort of halfway up the mountain,

the strength of sun throughout the years peaking in June. But around

half way up the mountain, April 21, we are getting there, enjoying this

fine weather be careful. Another fine Friday tomorrow, plenty of

sunshine to look forward to and generally light winds. That is the

reason. High pressure, but moving, slipping away gradually to the east

probably by the end of the weekend, but still under the influence on

Saturday and Sunday, with some war air providing two. -- warm ever

binding to. This doesn't get to us until Monday, but once it arrives it

draws in air from the north-west so we may end up with some lower

temperatures as we start the week next week. From the satellite

picture you can see there is hardly a cloud in the sky, lovely weather

today for France two. A clear night and I'd do a little dip desecrate a

little wind will stop tomorrow a nice day, plenty of sunshine, a

gentle breeze and slightly warmer air coming in from the south-east,

went subtly changing direction through the day tomorrow towards 15

or 16 degrees the maximum, and there are times of high water. For

surfers, the waves are small, clean, and more than one or two feet.

Generally fair weather tomorrow, with good visibility. He was the

once over the weekend, just in time, 18 degrees, 19 on Sunday, and pollen

hi and UV four and five. David, thank you. Main stories

night, police have named the woman strangled in Jersey. Her name was

Ana Rebelo. Good night. altogether because of changes

in land management and But the Devon Willow Tit Project

is trying to do something to help We sent our environment

Correspondent Adrian Campbell These are willow tits

and they're very rare. So rare, in fact, they're

on what is called the red list of species which indicates

they are globally threatened. There's been a decline

in their numbers across the country, and in Devon a steep

decline since the 1980s. Devon Biodiversity

Records Centre has mapped areas where

they've been cited. Back in the 1980s there was evidence

of these tiny bird started But it was a very different

story last year, when a This is one way to try and track

the elusive willow tit. Emily Stallworthy,

from the Devon wildlife trust, has been working

with Devon Birds to try using a speaker which

mimics their call. We left our camera running for half

an hour on the feeder. There was plenty of

activity, including this nuthatch, but no willow

tits were cited at all. Toni and Kevin Littleford live

near the Meath Nature Reserve. They think they've seen

willowtits in their garden. They think human

activity and changes to the landscape are harming

the birds's natural habitat. It's an awful shame if we lose these

beautiful creatures, really. We've had studies

coming out in the last few years that show that 50%

of our wildlife is disappearing. And willow tits is once PCs

protected by European legislation - it's protected

by the Birds Directive. So without that sort

of legislation in place we need to think about how we are protecting

our birds and our other wildlife On this nature reserve,

managed by the Devon Wildlife Trust, the willow tit

manages to hang on, and that is because the habitat

here really is ideal - there's plenty of grassland and wet

woodland to help the birds. But things across the rest of the

south-west are not so favourable. Adrian Campbell, BBC

Spotlight, Meath. Later in the programme -

stand-by for blast off. One of the slowest vehicles

on the road has been given And could you be the person

they're looking for - the search for a Cornishman

with links to the Carribbean. Two sisters who've campaigned

to raise awareness of the need for mental health support

for teenagers in Cornwall are to be Their brother Ben Cowburn

took his own life when he was just At the time there were no

specialist units in Following Ben's death,

his sisters Amber and Sophia were determined to change that

as Jane Chandler now reports. They've achieved a lot in seven

years, including running a charity The Cowburn sisters -

this is Ben's twin, Sophia - have came pained relentlessly ever

since he died to get specialist support for young adults with mental

health problems in Cornwall. We'd never been spoken

to about mental health. Certainly didn't have

an understanding of some of the terminology that was being thrown

at us regarding Ben. And actually we felt

that the education around mental health really needed to be

changed and challenged. The Invictus Trust was set

up by their parents and now the family's first big

objective has been achieved. Last week the Government

agreed to fund a specialist mental health

unit for children specialist mental health unit

for children and adolescents up The charity's also

raised over ?100,000 for So many people now want

to talk about mental health, want to run

their own events. And that's great, we've got so many

young people involved now. And to be recognised

nationally is incredible. And Ben was the most

incredible character. I think there's such

a stereotype of people who get depressed and that's one of

the reasons we go into the schools, me and my sisters, to talk

and to really try and get across to them, our brother

was a party animal, the life and soul of the

party, he was a fashion student, he was very popular,

he was just the greatest person. The sisters' work in

the community will receive national recognition

when they are given the prestigious Rotary Young Citizens Award this

weekend. He would be so excited

for us, and just proud of what we've managed to achieve -

because he was someone that stood up for what was right and

that's what we've done. It is the tenth anniversary and the

BBC News Channel will cover those awards live on Saturday.

Now one man from Plymouth is no stranger to slightly

We have featured his exploits on the programme before but he is taking

things to a new level. You haven't seen anything yet. Is it a bird? Is

it a plane? No. Some of you will remember back in

2013 the man broke the record for the fastest shopping trolley. Now he

is attempting another. It can reach a top speed in excess of 200 mph.

Its driver, by day he runs a karting Centre, in his spare time he is

adrenaline junkie. His vehicle of choice was not originally bitten to

the speed but with an ex-RAF jet powered engine in it, this is no

normal hearse. Matt says it is errors in and steady but can the

aptly named Dead Quick become the fastest hearse in the world? It's a

prototype and so far we've put 300 hours into it. We are probably

halfway through. We have to do lots of suspension and brakes changes.

Errored and Amex have not been done yet. There is a lot to do still. And

now it is all systems go. Surely though you have to be slightly mad

to want to do it. This is my art form. This is what I enjoy doing,

taking engineering and art and mixing them to create something

ridiculous. I think if it is what you are destined to do, you have to

do it, mad or not. I'm sorry, but I will carry on. I don't know what is

coming next, whatever comes into my head. We will have to wait until the

summer to see if it makes the world record.

Now what do you think the Caribbean and Cornwall have in common?

Well, a representative from the Caribbean is in Cornwall

looking for descendants of the first inhabitant of their island.

It was a Cornishman who set foot on the Cayman Islands 363 years ago

and now the Islands representative in the UK is seeking direct

descendants of the man who was called Bodden or Bawden.

The islanders are hoping to promote business and cultural

Spotlights Cornwall reporter David George wishes we'd sent him

sent him to the Carribean, but instead we sent

The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory, south of Cuba

There are around 60,000 inhabitants and the

first one in 1654 was apparently a Cornishman named Issac Bodden,

whose grandfather had gone to the Caribbean as part

What we're here to do essentially is to start the dialogue

and start the research to see if we can actually

find the individual who

left Cornwall, who went to the Caribbean,

and finally settled in

We took the Cayman Islands' top man in the UK to

People are here on Easter break and stop they

are enjoying the natural beauty of the Sun, the sand and the sea.

Very much like Cayman, Cornwall has a lot

of natural beauty, similar to Cayman.

Time for some proper protocol - a gift of food for the

visiting dignitary it looks very much like a big version of what we

It looks very much like a big version of what we

call in Cayman a patty, with your pastry and some sort of meat or

This is either a breakfast or a lunch favourite for us back home.

Some of these go back to the 1530s where they were first ordered to be

This is Cornwall's County records archive.

Somewhere in here could be the details of Cayman's

Some of the parish registers for some of the Cornish

parishes do not survive much before 1700.

But if it has survived we will find it, I promise that.

The hope is to set up a joint research project.

Apparently some Cayman dialect words have links to Cornish ones like

We do have a saying in Cayman called "coming a reckly",

The one-man Cayman delegation will visit the Cornish

Pirates rugby team and a brewery, "dreckly".

David George, BBC Spotlight, Perranporth.

Well, Roy Bodden is the President of the University of

And I asked him how obvious the connections with Cornwall

are on the Cayman Islands themselves.

That's a good question because I don't think there has been

any kind of examination of the connection with Cornwall.

I know that many Caymanians trace their ancestor

back to different places in the UK, but I don't think any of them,

certainly that I can recall, previously delved to any great

extent into their ancestral connections.

What you hope will come out of this search

Cornwall to find members of the family that were the founding

family, if you like, of the Cayman Islands?

I sense, when I go to the archives, I see Caymanians

trying to trace their genealogical roots.

They want to find out who we really are.

As I understand it, the first Bodden was an old man called

Isaac Bodden who settled in a place in East End named

So, now, how do you get people of my colour being born?

Well, the simple explanation for that is that

when these people came they came with their slaves,

and the nature of slavery in the Cayman Islands -

the nature of slavery probably in the Caribbean -

was in many instances the slaves took the names of their masters.

So that's how come you have Boddens who were white, Boddens

who were black and all shades of the spectrum.

I'm hoping one day I can come and visit you and explore the link

between Cornwall and the Cayman Islands even more.

In the meantime, it's been a real pleasure to talk to you.

It is so interesting. And if you are hardly dating with us in the

south-west at the moment, who leads the Caribbean? It has been glorious

today. Same temperatures. There is quite a big difference.

27 degrees in the Cayman Islands to today. For us, not quite so much. We

have struggled with temperatures, 11 or 12, our best today was 15. It is

fine and dry we have had glorious sunshine. This is Dorset. Further

along the other side of the Somerset coast, glorious sunshine. Not

everyone has been warm, though. It will be quite cold overnight and

night. Fine and dry tomorrow with some sunshine and generally

winds. Unfortunately the sun has winds. Unfortunately the sun has

brought out a lot of the pollen, so tree pollen is affecting some of our

hay fever sufferers. It will be high right across southern Britain to

borrow. The cloud will stay away and with the high pressure in charge we

should get plenty of sunshine. The sun is quite strong but the UV index

is very top. High pressure directly over the UK. It will move to the

east. Allowing warm as come from the south. Eventually this cold frontal

approach from the West and that will get to us at some point on Monday.

That was the satellite picture from earlier today and we have just had a

little Fairweather Cloutier and there. Not just along the coastline

is the sunshine, also inland. Plenty of water coming down our rivers

despite the dry weather. And also of course in the sunshine it has been

very pleasant everywhere across the very pleasant everywhere across the

south-west of England. The winds will change direction as we head

towards the weekend. We will see higher temperatures. But with clear

skies and light winds overnight, the nights are long enough to allow the

temperatures to dip down to six goal figures. Can't even rule out a touch

of frost. Tomorrow another lovely of frost. Tomorrow another lovely

day. Plenty of sunshine, the UV index at four or five. Temperatures

possibly as high as 15 or 16 degrees. For the Isles of Scilly,

decent sun. Here are the times of decent sun. Here are the times of

high water. And the waves. Have a good evening.

We are enjoying the lovely weather, but we thought we would leave you

tonight with a tantalising glimpse of the Caribbean. Good night.

Stacey and Chris are preparing for marriage by spending

a few days living alone with their in-laws to be,

and asking them all kinds of questions.

Did you get a kiss on the first date? No.

What does their in-laws' marriage tell them about each other's

I expect you'll want to become a schoolmaster, sir.

That's what most of the gentlemen does that get sent down

for indecent behaviour. Evelyn Waugh's classic novel.

Have you ever been in love, Mr Pennyfeather? No, not yet.

The fire escape is very dangerous and never to be used.