The Christchurch Civic Crèche Case

News Reports Index

1992



The Press,
April 15? 1992

Four new charges laid

Four new charges were laid yesterday against a former child care worker at the Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre when his case was called before Judge Hattaway in the District Court

Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis, aged 34, (Mr Robert Harrison), was remanded to June 30 for a pre-depositions conference.

As a condition of bail granted earlier, he is to observe a residential curfew, and is not to approach any of the children at the care centre.

Ellis already faces a number of charges relating to children at the centre.
The new charges yesterday allege that he indecently assaulted a girl, then aged four, indecently assaulted another four year old girl and induced her to do an indcent act on him, and being a male induced a four year old boy to do an indecent act on him.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between September 1998 and June 1989