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The
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Convicted child abuser
Peter Ellis has been declined a special release from jail by Justice Minister
Doug Graham. Lawyer Judith
Ablett-Kerr, QC, said yesterday her special request for Mr Graham to use his
discretion to free Ellis had failed. A further application
for bail would be considered when the Court of Appeal formally received the
matter, she said. A spokesman for Mrs
Ablett-Kerr said Mr Graham had said the matter should be with the Court of
Appeal shortly. Mrs Ablett-Kerr had
made the request because of the time it would take to apply for bail because
of legal procedures. ``Peter Ellis is
disappointed but not surprised, given it has taken him six years to get this
far. He is quite desperate to know when the struggle will end,'' she said. Ellis
is in the sixth year of a 10-year sentence on 13 counts of sexually abusing
children at the Christchurch Civic Creche. He has maintained his innocence
throughout. |
