The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

News Reports Index

1992



Television New Zealand
November 11 1992

Creche
Network News
Reporter
Cliff Joiner

Precis
Pre trial hearing for the five creche workers from the Civic Child Care Centre in Christchurch continues today. A psychologist who interviewed many of the alleged victims has spent days in the witness box, she has spelled out her procedures for talking to the children

Shotlist

00:00      MS psychologist Sue Sidey enters the Christchurch District Court building

V/O REPORTER re she interviewed nine of the alleged child sexual abuse victims conducting 26 interviews with them .

0:12        (SF) children at childcare creche IDENTITY OBSCURED.

00:19      (LCT) EXT Civic Child Care Centre, Christchurch .

0:29        WS four female creche workers Gaye Davidson, Janice Buckingham, Marie Keys, Debbie Gillespie and lawyer Gerald Nation enter court

V/O REPORTER re he questioned the questioning techniques of Sue Sidey .

0:36        GRAPHIC re use of leading questions, why were children ignored when they denied abuse, use of anatomically correct dolls when research indicated that they were inappropriate .

0:51        REPORTER Cliff Joiner to CAMERA re Miss Sidey admitted that leading question sometimes had to be used to get an answer to a question .

1:06        GVs four female creche workers arrive at court .

1:16        END.