Wass Inquiry report: full coverage

St Helena suffered serious mis-management that disregarded the needs of its people, the Wass Inquiry found in December 2015. It also made severe criticisms of the social workers whose “unfounded” allegations led to the inquiry. Read the full inquiry report here (307 pages).

Main stories:

• No cover-up, no corruption, no routine abuse: Wass inquiry dismisses claims that ‘grossly and unfairly’ tainted St Helena
• Capes blamed for failures that led to scandal
  
• Abuse inquiry: St Helena Government response

Other reports:

• Lasting shame of disabled girl ‘left to waste away’
• Daily Mail tricked into printing lurid stories based on ‘compromised’ abuse report, finds Wass
• How police chief Coll ‘failed to investigate’ abuser Cairns-Wicks – and made him a policeman instead
• Police whistle-blower ‘deserves apology’ after being forced out
• Charity chief rejects criticism of report that sparked scandal
• Social workers ‘appear to have been motivated by revenge’ – Wass report
• 34 reports on island abuse in 14 years. ‘UK neglected St Helena’, says Capes
• Governor failed to use powers to allow investigators access to vital files – report
• Democracy on St Helena: councillors blocked prison move, so ‘Enforcer’ Capes sacked them
• Gannon found ‘chaos’ after governor left island without social worker
• Feud with police ‘affected help for people in need’
• Governor ‘failed to act on urgent warnings’ – report
• Doing a Hudson Lowe: tell London, get a report, don’t read it
• Island ‘still being run as a colony’, finds Wass
• Rape victim left with HIV
• Alleged illegal sterilisation of mother shocks inquiry team
• Saints ‘going without care’ since clinics closed
• Island’s accuser ‘should never have been given job’
• How a ‘lazy, horrible’ man got glowing reference for post
• £1.2m buys training, resources and results – SHG
• Push to protect children brings rise in cases

Read the Wass Inquiry report here