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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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A petition seeking
leave to appeal to the Privy Council will be filed by lawyers for convicted
paedophile Peter Ellis. Ellis maintained his
innocence throughout his jail term for abusing children at the former
Christchurch Civic Creche in the 1990s. In August last year the
Justice and Electoral Select Committee recommended the Attorney-General not
oppose, or oppose only in principle, any application by Ellis for leave to
appeal to the Privy Council. However the matter has
not been addressed due to the Attorney-General role being passed from Michael
Cullen to David Parker and back to Dr Cullen. Ellis's lawyer Judith
Ablett-Kerr QC says rather than continue with further bureaucratic
negotiation she is petitioning the Privy Council in a bid to have the case
heard in the second half of this year. |
