The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

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1999 Jan-June



The Evening Post
April 1 1999

Jail Potter indefinitely - Henare
NZPA

Convicted paedophile Bert Potter should have been kept behind bars indefinitely for the safety of the community, Mauri Pacific leader Tau Henare said yesterday.

He also questioned the "double standards" of the parole board.

"Earlier this month, the same parole board refused (convicted sex abuser) Peter Ellis parole saying: `As the offender has not acknowledged or addressed his offending, the board . . . has no option but to decline parole'.

"The parole board has released a monster, while incarcerating a man whose innocence is a matter of conjecture."