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Parents of children sexually
abused by convicted childcare worker Peter Ellis say the case should now be
laid to rest. They were "delighted and
relieved" by the findings of the inquiry conducted by former Chief
Justice Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, upholding Ellis' convictions for abusing
children in his care. Christie McDonald, QC, who
represented parents and children involved in the Ellis case, said repeatedly
raising the case had been of great concern. "The reliability of their
children's evidence has been confirmed and they are pleased with that." One parent said today: "He's
had a High Court trial, two appearances before the Court of Appeal, two
petitions to the Governor-General for a pardon, and now a Ministerial
inquiry. He's lost all of them. So as far as we're concerned the scoreline is children 6, convicted paedophile
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