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On March 15 you
published J. Harper's Shadow of Doubt, criticising the Eichelbaum
inquiry into the Ellis case. Though valuable, it presumed the inquiry's
intellectual ambit extended to an assessment of the investigation. However, the inquiry's
terms at (1) (c) specifically invited conclusions only about the children's
evidential interviews, and not about the general investigation. This was inconsistent
with c's logically preceding terms, (a) and (b),
which equally made both the investigation and the interviews proper subjects
for the inquiry. Eichelbaum discussed this flaw,
but stated that on any view, any and all aspects of the police investigation
were off-limits, and refocused his inquiry to the obtaining of evidence from
the children, including the part played by their parents and the parents of
other creche children. On a reasonable
interpretation, the intent of (1) (a) and (b) was thus denied. This must be effectively rectified. |
