The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
	News Reports Index
	1993 June-Dec
	Television New Zealand June 2 1993 Ellis Trial Network News Reporter Cliff Joiner Precis The jury in the country's longest running sex abuse trial should retire to consider its verdict sometime tomorrow. Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre worker Peter Ellis faces 26 charges of sexually abusing children in his care. Today both the prosecution and defence for Peter Ellis made their final submissions Shotlist 00:00 LA MS Peter Ellis enters court V/O REPORTER re the jury in the country's longest running sex abuse trial should retire to consider its verdict sometime tomorrow, Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre worker Peter Ellis faces 26 charges of sexually abusing children in his care, today both the prosecution and defence for Peter Ellis made their final submissions . 00:03 WS Crown Prosecutor Brent Stanaway enters court . 00:11 GRAPHIC summary to jury by Crown Prosecutor Brent Stanaway re children "were credible and believable witnesses", "behavioural traits, the sorts of things children who had been abused display" (Ellis had) "clear opportunities to carry out the sort of indecencies alleged". 00:25 MS Rob Harrison, lawyer for Peter Ellis enters court . 00:37 GRAPHIC summary to the jury by Rob Harrison re "make believe is a part of normal childhood development", "not one spontaneous disclosure from any of the children", "interviewers set out to get the children to talk about sexual abuse" . 00:05 REPORTER Cliff Joiner to CAMERA . 01:10 END.