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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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A Parliamentary
committee has rejected a request for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into
aspects of the Christchurch Civic Creche case. The justice and
electoral committee has spent two years considering whether an inquiry into
Peter Ellis's convictions for sexually abusing children at the creche where
he worked is warranted. Ellis has always
maintained he was innocent, and served two thirds of his 10 year jail
sentence after being convicted in 1993. The campaign for an
inquiry was headed by pro-Peter Ellis campaigners Lynley Hood, who wrote the
book "A City Possessed" alleging a miscarriage of justice, and
National MP Don Brash . Committee chairman Tim
Barnett says cross-party MPs do not believe a Royal Commission of Inquiry is
the most effective way to address the issues which have emerged from the
case. He has always
maintained that the committee was not to be an inquiry into guilt or
innocence. But he says it has made
a raft of recommendations. They include a
recommendation that the Attorney-General does not oppose, or opposes only in
principle, a new proposed application by Ellis for leave to appeal to the
Privy Council |
