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The
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The lawyer acting for
convicted child abuser Peter Ellis is seeking bail for him for the second
time this year. Ellis has always
maintained his innocence of the 13 convictions of child abuse at the
Christchurch Civic Creche, for which he was jailed more than five years ago. Lawyer Judith
Ablett-Kerr confirmed yesterday that she would apply for his bail today in
the Ellis could be released
today if In late March
Governor-General Sir Michael Hardie Boys referred Ellis's case back to the Mrs Ablett-Kerr's last
bail application, in June, was turned down after a secret hearing from which
the public was barred. But judges said then
she could make a second bail application if the terms of reference of the
pending Mrs Ablett-Kerr said then
she wanted to widen the pending hearing's terms of reference. She also sought
a pardon for Ellis in a petition that introduced new, highly sensitive
information and which asked for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the entire
Christchurch Civic Creche investigation. Mrs Ablett-Kerr
declined to comment yesterday. No
date has been set for the new hearing. |
