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The
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The mother of convicted
child abuser Peter Ellis is philosophical about her son's chances of being
granted bail today. Ellis, 40, who is in
the sixth year of a 10-year sentence on 13 counts of sexually abusing
children under his care at the Christchurch Civic Creche, has maintained his
innocence throughout. In March,
Governor-General Sir Michael Hardie Boys, a former Court of Appeal judge,
refused to free Ellis on a "free pardon" but referred his case back
to the Court of Appeal later this year. A decision on Ellis'
application to be freed on bail pending the hearing is expected today. His mother, Lesley
Ellis, said she had had no indication of the result of the application but
was not holding her breath for good news. "It's too
difficult -- the letdown's worse. We are just expecting the usual and if
something different happens, well that's going to be a plus. "You don't know
what to think, what to expect, what they'll say or anything else. There have
been so many surprises over the years . . . " She said her son,
during her regular Saturday visit at the weekend, was in good health but he
too was not getting his hopes up. "He
said, `You'll be visiting as usual next Saturday'." |
