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Television New Zealand
September 8 1994
Appeal Decision
Network News
Reporter: David Jamieson
Precis
Convicted child abuser Peter Ellis has had three of the 16 charges
against him quashed by the Appeal
Court but with no reduction of his 10 year
sentence
Shotlist
0:00 (LCT) (CH) 24
April 1993 GVs Peter Ellis, convicted child abuser
who today had his appeal against his sentence for sexually abusing children
in his care at Civic Child Care Centre creche (Christchurch),
turned down.
WS Appeal Court
judges who did quash three of the 16 charges appealed by Peter Ellis but
without reducing his 10 year sentence.
MS Justice Sir Maurice Casey, Appeal
Court judge reads decision to court-room re we
are not persuaded that the abuse described by the children could not have
happened or that their evidence of it cannot be relied upon.
(LCT) (CH) 24 April 1993 MS Peter Ellis wants outside Christchurch Court.
GRAPHIC showing appeal was based on grounds that the children's evidence was
not credible, and that there had been a miscarriage of justice in the trial.
MCU Justice Thomas Gault, Appeal
Court judge.
MCU Sir Robin Cooke, Appeal
Court judge.
MS Justice Sir Maurice Casey reading Appeal Court decision re satisfied that
there is no substance in the criticism about their questions and of the way
that some of the evidence was elicited (referring to child interviewers).
(LCT) (CH) GVs EXT playground of Christchurch Civic
Child Care Centre (known as Civic Creche).
GVs child riding tricycle.
REPORTER David Jamieson to CAMERA re one child withdrawing evidence of abuse
during the appeal hearing.
MS two judges confer on bench.
MCU lawyer seated in Appeal
Court where judges quashed three charges
relating to the child who withdrew evidence.
MS Justice Sir Maurice Casey reading decision to court-room re the appeal is
allowed in respect of counts one, two and three, in respect of the other
counts it is dismissed. WS judges rise from Appeal Court bench.
(LCT) (CH) 24 April 1993 SLOW MOTION Peter Ellis walking to CAMERA .
1:22 END.
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