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Brash calls for review into sexual abuse case

Author
Charlie Greenhalgh,
Publish Date
Sat, 20 Dec 2014, 1:23PM
Peter Ellis in 2000 (Getty Images)
Peter Ellis in 2000 (Getty Images)

Brash calls for review into sexual abuse case

Author
Charlie Greenhalgh,
Publish Date
Sat, 20 Dec 2014, 1:23PM

UPDATED 3:07pm: Don Brash is calling for an independent inquiry into the conviction of Peter Ellis in the Christchurch Civic Creche case.

Ellis was sentenced in 1993 for a number of sexual offences against children while working as a daycare worker.

Former National leader Don Brash says the case is widely regarded as New Zealand’s most egregious miscarriage of justice.

"It's worth noting that a member of the current government, a member of the current ministry, had children in the creche at the time of Peter Ellis' alleged offences, and that person regards Peter Ellis as almost certainly innocent," he says.

Dr Brash says officials from the Justice Department are very defensive about the system, so It will take considerable political courage for the Minister to order a commission of enquiry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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