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The Press
August 2, 2002
Creche Case
Letter to the Editor
by Elizabeth Smyth, St Martins,
July 23
The front-page story (July 22) regarding the allegations by Peter
Ellis, Gaye Davidson, and Lynley Hood that the crèche inquiry has
reopened smacks somewhat of the hysteria that they have doggedly criticised.
The facts seem to me that a young man has made allegations to the police,
possibly about an incident at this crèche. We do not know. The facts
are that the police are obliged to investigate such allegations.
As The Press says, the police declined to comment. Therefore, it was not the
police who contacted the media about these allegations but rather others at a
time of high publicity surrounding the case, the day of the non-fiction book
award won by Hood's A City Possessed.
Please no more trials by media.
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