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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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The rejection of a full
inquiry into the Peter Ellis case has prompted United Future to call for an
overhaul of the court system. After two years of
deliberation, a Parliamentary select committee has rejected a call for a
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Civic Creche case. However it has sought
an inquiry as to whether the system should change from adversarial to
inquisitorial for child sex offences. United Future justice
spokesman Murray Smith says the court system is too adversarial and not
centred on the need to find the truth. He says the courts should be based on
truth, not arguments. Ellis was convicted of
sexually molesting children at the creche in 1993. He served two-thirds of a
10-year sentence. |
