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Waikato Times
February 19 2002
Ellis wants new inquiry
NZPA
Peter Ellis has called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to launch a new inquiry
into his conviction after the New Zealand Law Journal highlighted flaws in
the way his case was handled.
Ellis, who was convicted on child abuse charges in 1993 but has maintained
his innocence, was released from prison in 2000 after serving seven years of
a 10-year sentence. His conviction was referred to the Court of Appeal twice
and was the subject of a ministerial inquiry.
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".
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