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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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A petition to free and
pardon convicted pedophile Peter Ellis has been sent to Governor-General Sir
Michael Hardie Boys, Ellis's lawyer says. Judith Ablett-Kerr, QC,
said the petition produced new information for Sir Michael to consider, some
of which was highly sensitive. The petition -- the
second seeking to free Ellis -- also asked for a Royal Commission of Inquiry
into the entire Christchurch Civic Creche investigation and set the grounds
for setting up such a commission, Mrs Ablett-Kerr said. Ellis is in his seventh
year of a 10-year sentence after being convicted of offences at the creche. A
spokesman for Ellis's supporters, Winston Wealleans, of |
