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This page last updated September 22
2006
2005-1107 - ODT - Perils of
unproven allegations
by Lynley Hood - News that police have found no evidence of criminal
offending by Dr Selwyn Leeks, former head of the adolescent unit at Lake
Alice Hospital, has been greeted with dismay by the Citizens Commission on
Human Rights. ……Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), it should be
noted, is a subsidiary of the virulently anti-psychiatry Church of
Scientology. It has no connection with the Human Rights Commission, which is
a government agency.
2005-1028 - NZ Lawyer -
Reliable evidence and due process
by Lynley Hood - News that the police have found no evidence of criminal
offending by psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks, former head of the child and adolescent
unit at Lake Alice Hospital, has been greeted with dismay by the psychiatric
patient advocacy group, Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)……………. The
most significant recent development in almost 30 years of allegations of
abuse at the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit is the 2001 report of
retired High Court Judge Sir Rodney Gallen. After reviewing a clutch of
allegations, Gallen advised government, "I am satisfied that in the main
the allegations which have been made are true and reveal an appalling
situation... The best summary I can make is that the children concerned lived
in a state of extreme fear and hopelessness.
2005-0922 - Dominion Post -
Inquiry finds no evidence of offending
by Kelly Andrew - A former Lake Alice patient is disgusted police have
decided not to charge a psychiatrist accused of abusing young people there in
the 1970s. Police say they have found
no evidence of criminal offending after investigating more than 20 complaints
from former patients of Selwyn Leeks, who headed the child and adolescent
unit of the now-closed hospital near Wanganui.
2005-0921 - NZ Herald - No proof of
abuse by doctor, say police
by Martin Johnston - The police say they have no evidence of criminal
offending by Dr Selwyn Leeks, the psychiatrist whom former patients accuse of
abusing them with electric shock therapy in the 1970s…… A police national
headquarters spokeswoman said yesterday: "there is no disclosed activity
or intervention with patients at Lake Alice that amounts to criminal
offending on the part of Dr Selwyn Leeks. On that basis there is neither
requirement nor authority to seek the extradition of Dr Leeks from Australia."
2005-0803 - NZ Herald - New probe
looks into Lake Alice
by Martin Johnston - An Australian medical authority has begun interviewing
former Lake Alice Hospital patients, over their claims that they were mistreated
under the regime of psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks. The Medical Practitioners
Board of Victoria is preparing for a formal hearing into the allegations
against Dr Leeks, who headed the child and adolescent unit of the hospital
near Wanganui.
2005-0707 - One News - Abuse
claims in high court's hands
The fate of hundreds of historic compensation claims by former psychiatric
patients who say they were abused while institutionalised is now in the hands
of the high court. The former patients want the way cleared to sue the
government for mistreatment dating back several decades at Porirua Hospital.
A former patient, who wants to remain anonymous, claims that he was abused at
the psychiatric hospital, where he was sent by his mother when he was just
14-years-old.
2005-0411 - Newstalk ZB -
New appointments to abuse forum
The Internal
Affairs' Minister has made two new appointments to the forum for former
psychiatric patients who claim to have suffered abuse while in hospital….The
new forum members are former IHC chief executive and Mental Health Commission
chairwoman Jan Dowland and mental health consumer advisor Anne Helm.
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