UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
14 October 2013
By Nic Rigby
BBC News
Missing police files relating to investigations into child abuse claims at an orphanage in Bedfordshire are now thought to have been destroyed.
Ex-residents have alleged they were abused at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, in the 1950s and 1960s.
An ex-resident complained to police about missing files relating to police inquiries in 1993 and 2002.
Bedfordshire Police said they believe the files were destroyed and has begun a new inquiry into abuse at the home.
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