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Peter Ellis News
Reports - 2007
Peter Ellis News
Reports - 2008
Recent Updates:
January 19 2008:
Peter Ellis case; December 2007 reports
Referring
to Law Journal article by Ross Francis and subsequent concerns; Innocence
Project Conference and research by Otago University showing that the
interviews in the Ellis case were not in fact of a satisfactory standard, but
actually worse than occurred in a case which has been accepted as an example
of bad practice
Peter Ellis News Reports: 2007 (22 files)
July 26 2006:
Cops clear themselves in wrongful conviction case; Three girls
wrongly imprisoned as a result of police botch up give up fight
for appropriate compensation
Police Incompetence;
3 girls wrongly imprisoned (2
files)
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The willingness of the Police to clear themselves of this botchup gives the
New Zealand
no confidence that the Police are capable of investigating themselves for
professional incompetence.
The news reports on these pages tell a different story that one would have
expected a trainee police officer to easily comprehend.
There are remarkable parallels to the way the police exonerated the key
police investigators in the Peter Ellis case. Indeed, in 2006, one of the
Ellis case investigators has been amazingly promoted to Commissioner of
Police. Perhaps Franklin
will be so rewarded in years to come.
The NZ Government have also been able to treat the three girls shabbily
with regard to compensation because they are young and Maori, and their
case has been publicised in a relatively low profile manner by the media.
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Latest on the Ellis case:
2005
January: Grounds for Appeal discussed by media, law
journals;
March/April: Attempt to discredit
Lynley Hood over her qualifications
March/April: Peter Ellis is
briefly ill
April: Lawyer, Ablett-Kerr briefly considers
entering politics
May: Review
of case by Anthony Frith
May: Evidence
law changes question safety of Ellis verdict
July National pledges an inquiry into case
August Justice and Electoral Committee
report on petition
September Law and order issues for election
September Radio NZ ordered to apologise to Peter Ellis;
2006
January: Sir Thomas Thorp refers to miscarriages of justice;
February Miscarriages of Justice conference
with reference to Ellis
April Australian
judge refuses extradition - men would not be guaranteed a fair trial in NZ
April Peter Ellis applies for leave
to appeal to Privy Council
September Debate over lack of male teachers attributed to
Ellis case
September NZEI revises policy on teachers
touching school pupils
December Peter Ellis supporter journalist
Frank Haden retires.
December Don Brash refers to Ellis case in his
valedictory speech
2007
January: "People's pardon" becomes
accepted fact;
February Recommendations to steer clear of
academic Freda Briggs
February Ellis accusers speak out; Receive
little sympathy
April Early childhood educators turn their back
on Ellis
April TV Reconstruction of Ellis case with TV
jury
May David Bain Miscarriage of Justice has
implications for Ellis case
June Freda Briggs controversy revived
December Ross Francis publishes Law Journal
article exposing the Eichelbaum inquiry a sham
December Harlene Hayne details research
showing interviews in Ellis case were “worse than the worst”
2008
January: Concerns about case expressed by Don Brash
(previous Leader of Opposition) and Sir
Thomas Thorp
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