"That was the daffodil day it's always stuck with me,"
"[The member of staff] said to me 'your mum's coming tonight, do you want to get some daffodils? I know where you can get the biggest best daffodils and you can surprise your mum with them'. "I said 'yeah it would be lovely to do that'. We went to the woods, picked my daffodils and everything. "At the bottom of the mound, there was a raised mound, he laid me down there."
Police investigation focuses on alleged historical child sexual abuse at two former NHS in-patient mental health units, Larchwood and Colwood, in Haywards Heath. Investigators have spoken to 12 alleged victims and believe additional victims may exist. Allegations concern abuse occurring during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s; both units had closed by the early 2000s. The units provided therapy and education for vulnerable neurodiverse children and adolescents, with Larchwood for younger children and Colwood for adolescents. One former patient, identified as Christopher (not his real name), says he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male staff member after being sent to Larchwood as a child.
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