Newstalk ZB
August 3 2003

Nothing new in adverts

Justice Minister Phil Goff sees nothing new from testimonies published in Sunday paper in Peter Ellis creche case


The Justice Minister sees nothing new in testimonies from the Peter Ellis case that have appeared in newspaper ads.

Businessman Barry Colman has paid for the ads, saying the material was left out of the trial because it didn't suit the prosecution case.

He wants Phil Goff to order a Royal Commission of Inquiry.

But Mr Goff says he's had the testimonies checked today by the Crown law department.

He says they were either heard by the jury or referenced by defence counsel in cross-examination.

Phil Goff says a few inconsistencies doesn't mean everything in the children's testimonies should be dismissed.





Newstalk ZB
August 3 2003

Creche transcripts published

Ellis case transcripts published in Sunday paper- 2-page ad shows what video evidence jury not allowed to see

Child, Youth and Family have failed in their bid to stop the publication of transcripts taken from child victims in the Christchurch Civic Creche case.

Businessman Barry Colman has taken out the two-page ad in the Sunday Star-Times today, as part of his campaign to clear the name of Peter Ellis.

Ellis spent seven years of a ten-year sentence in prison after being convicted on 16 charges of abusing seven children in 1993.

The interview transcripts published today show what video evidence the jury were and were not allowed to see.