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Convicted child abuser Peter Ellis
will have to live at a specified address for a year as part of conditions set
by the Parole Board for his being freed from prison next February. The board's terms also include
that he not contact the victims or their families without the written consent
of his probation officer, or do any paid or voluntary work without the
officer's approval. Ellis, 40, must be freed when he
has served two-thirds of his 10-year sentence on February 2. He was jailed in
1993 after being found guilty of abusing children at Christchurch Civic
Creche. Ellis has maintained his innocence
but appeals have failed to have his convictions quashed. He is still seeking a royal
commission of inquiry into his case and a pardon from the governor-general. Ellis has said he will not sign
parole documents if they imply he was properly convicted. |
