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The Evening Post
February 19 2002
Ellis repeats inquiry call
NZPA
Peter Ellis has called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to
launch a new inquiry into his conviction after the Law Journal highlighted
flaws in the way his case was handled.
Ellis, who was convicted of child abuse in 1993 but has always maintained his
innocence, was released from prison in 2000 after serving seven years of a
10-year sentence.
An editorial in the New Zealand Law Journal published yesterday identified
systemic flaws and said former Chief Justice Sir Thomas Eichelbaum's
judgment, when leading a ministerial inquiry into the case, was either
wrongly directed or at fault.
It cited Lynley Hood's book A City Possessed as "the first attempt at a
review of the whole case from the investigation onwards".
Ellis said the editorial vindicated his call for an inquiry. -
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