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Otago Daily Times
March 31
1998
Ellis move
NZPA
Christchurch: Convicted
child abuser Peter Ellis wants to get out of jail on bail.
On Friday, lawyer Judith Ablett-Kerr, QC, said the Governor-General, Sir
Michael Hardie Boys, had given permission for Ellis' case to go back to the
Court of Appeal, in an historic move.
Yesterday, Mrs Ablett-Kerr said it would take some time to apply for bail
because of legal procedures. However, she would contact Justice Minister Doug
Graham to try other ways of gaining Ellis his liberty.
Yesterday was Peter Ellis' 40th birthday - and the anniversary of the day he
was arrested six years ago and charged with abusing children at a creche.
At the weekend, Ellis' mother, Lesley, said her son had received many
birthday cards already from well-wishers.
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