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Otago Daily Times
May 21 1999
In brief: Ellis appeal in July
NZPA
Wellington : The Court of Appeal hearing for convicted paedophile Peter Ellis will
be held in the week beginning July 5.
It was originally set down for May 31 in Wellington.
Announcing the new date last night, the court registrar said it was to
accommodate the widened scope allowed by Governor-General Sir Michael Hardie Boys.
Ellis's lawyer, Judith Ablett-Kerr QC, is understood to have opposed the
delay.
If the appeal fails, Ellis, convicted in 1993 on 13 child abuse charges, is
due to leave prison in February when he has served two-thirds of a 10-year
sentence.
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