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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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A bid to get a royal commission
of inquiry into the Peter Ellis sex abuse case has failed with a
parliamentary select committee rejecting a petition calling for one. Peter Ellis, a former
worker at the Christchurch Civic Creche, served nearly seven years in prison
after being convicted in 1993 of offences against children. One of the seven
preschoolers he was found guilty of abusing later retracted the allegations
and three of Ellis' convictions have since been quashed. The select committee
has released a raft of recommendations for how such cases should be handled
in the future, but says a commission of inquiry is not relevant here. It also says it is
unlikely the inquiry would reach a better view of the facts established at
Ellis' trial. |
