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The Christchurch Civic
Creche Case |
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Convicted paedophile Peter Ellis
is applying for leave to appeal to the Privy Council in London against his
child abuse convictions. Ellis was released from prison in
2000 after serving six and a half years of a 10 year sentence. Lawyer Judith Ablett-Kerr QC says
she has been trying to get permission for the appeal since a parliamentary
committee recommended last year that the attorney general not oppose it. Ablett-Kerr says she is filing the
appeal without permission and will leave it to the attorney general to decide
what position he takes on the matter. She says her client is
disillusioned with the lack of parliamentary response on the issue |
