The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
	News Reports
	2001 Jan-June
	Waikato Times March 14 2001 Ellis to appeal NZPA Peter Ellis' lawyer, Judith Ablett-Kerr QC, has vowed to battle on to clear him of sex offence convictions after the Government's decision to decline his application for a pardon. She said possible options now included taking the case to the Privy Council in London or the Court of Human Rights in New York. Two earlier appeals to the Court of Appeal have failed. Ellis was convicted in 1993 of abusing seven children in his care at the Christchurch Civic Crèche between 1986 and 1991.