The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
	News Reports Index
	1999 Jan-June
	The Press May 21 1999 Ellis appeal set down for July hearing NZPA The Court of Appeal hearing for convicted paedophile Peter Ellis will be held during the week beginning July 5. It was originally set down for May 31 in Wellington. Announcing the new date last night, the court's registrar said it was to accommodate the widened scope allowed by Governor- General Sir Michael Hardie Boys. There was a need for evidence and submissions to be prepared, "making it necessary for the hearing previously fixed for May 31 to be vacated", he said. 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 next February when he has served two- thirds of a 10-year sentence.