The Press
August 6, 2003

Victims of abuse the ones with a life sentence
Letter to the Editor
by Helen Sutherland, (Linwood, July 30)

I too am concerned about current attempts to overturn the conviction of Peter Ellis. The belief in Ellis' innocence has been fuelled by Lynley Hood's book A City Possessed.

This book has been presented as "fact" but in my opinion it is not.

My concern is for the children who were abused by him.

It is also for the women and children who are now afraid to come forward and speak out about sexual abuse, in case they are not believed (a backlash from the book).

These people are the ones with the life sentence.