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more about Louise Sas' "investigative" approach:
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Publication http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/r.christie/
April 2004
Revision 22.1
Critique of the Eichelbaum Report and Matters arising from the Ellis
convictions
by Jonathon Harper and Richard
Christie
Nov 2002 - Canadian
Department of Justice - Report by Sas
The
Interaction Between Children's Developmental Capabilities and the Courtroom
Environment: The Impact on Testimonial Competency
”In
response to the increasing backlash against children’s evidence in court”
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Sas in the Vilma Climaco
case, 2001
2001-0130 - Rossen
Wasser McArthur - Nanny accused of sexual abuse – Case dismissed due to lack
of evidence
charges were dismissed by the judge after he agreed with the defence that the
statements made by the 12-year-old, the twins, Cimaco’s own child and, her
ex-lover were unreliable and not credible. Charges against Climaco were
dropped on Thursday, January 11, 2001.
2001-0120 - The Globe and
Mail - Vilma Climaco
by Margaret Wente - Vilma Climaco was a popular nanny until a vengeful
ex-boyfriend accused her of the ultimate offence: sexually abusing her young
charges. She lost her job, her home and her own son. Two years later, she has
cleared her name but fears she may never see her boy again
Dr. Louise Sas, a child psychologist who has testified for the prosecution in
numerous abuse cases. Dr. Sas found the evidence against Ms. Climaco quite
damning. ......
Cindy Wasser, Ms. Climaco's
lawyer, says: "Dr. Sas can interpret every fact and every behaviour as
evidence of abuse."
The Crown called on Dr. Sas to give her expert opinion of the tapes. Her
verdict? All the testimony again
pointed to Ms. Climaco's guilt. "There are strong indices of reliability
in his allegations about sexual victimization," Sas wrote. "His
retractions and then reaffirmation of the veracity of the information he was
providing was a clear example of his difficulty sharing the
information." In other words, all the boy's contradictions, as well as
his assertion that he had been lying, were really signs that he had been
telling the truth.
2001-0112 - The Globe and
Mail - Sex charges against nanny get thrown out of court
by Jane Gadd, - Toronto - A former nanny wept tears of joy yesterday when an
Ontario Superior Court judge threw out sex charges that have cost her her
livelihood and her only child. Vilma Climaco, 34, blurted out thanks, then
fell into the embrace of her lawyer as Mr. Justice Paul Rivard ruled that all
of the evidence the Crown wanted to introduce was unreliable and inadmissible
in a trial.
Sas in a 1995 case
1995-1109 - London Free
Press (Ontario) - Memories of Abuse Not Enough to Convict in Repressed Memory
Case
by Rory
Leishman - Most attacks allegedly took place in the family home, but the
girl's mother and other family members testified that they knew nothing about
the attacks. The only independent evidence to support the complainant's
memory was provided by psychologist, Louise Sas, who testified that child sexual abuse gives rise to the
kind of anxiety attacks, flashbacks and other symptoms complainant displayed.
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