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I doubt if anyone wants to make a
hero of Peter Ellis (March 21), but there is a mass of evidence, not
presented at the trial and excluded at the appeal, which makes him not guilty.
It is inconceivable he can be guilty if the women charged for the same
offences are innocent as is now accepted. The methods used to obtain
evidence from the children needs scrutiny. Of course children are normally
truthful, but they can be manipulated to say what they think is required. Frank Haden is the only journalist
to proclaim this case as a miscarriage of justice from the first and to take
the trouble to visit Ellis. For this he deserves the thanks of
all who value justice. He made the point that paedophiles arriving in prison
are normally subjected to immediate assault and abuse, but that Ellis has
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