The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

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2002 Jan-June Index



Sunday Star Times
February 24, 2002

Letters to the Editor, re the Wallace verdict
Faith Lost
by Peter Ellis
Leithfield Beach


Could someone please explain the difference between a man wielding a golf club smashing windows and a man wielding a machete smashing office equipment?

One was shot dead, the other was talked into giving himself up.

A case of police policy and protocol followed in one, not in the other. Is it any wonder the public has lost faith in the police?