Peter Ellis - Denied Justice

The Nelson Mail
May 15 2007

Peter Ellis case
Letter to the Editor
by C A Pettit, Stoke

The person I have always felt was denied justice is Peter Ellis. Here is a man convicted on the evidence of pre-school children.

I have said it before and will say it again. When I was pre or early school, I could have easily said (and stood by it) that my dad was the worst person in the world. He was in fact one of the best dads anyone could hope for.





Taranaki Daily News
May 12 2007

Another blow for justice
Letter to the Editor
by J Robins, Stratford

FINALLY, and rightfully, David Bain is to be freed. The charges of murder against him noted by the British Law Lords to have been slammed as a "substantial miscarriage of justice''.

Surely now David can be officially pardoned and recompensed by our Government for the years of wrongful incarceration and continued slur against his character by the media and individuals alike.

To our New Zealand police force, again another slight against their credibility.

How can the average New Zealander feel confident that our legal system is just and righteous?

Think back to Peter Ellis, Arthur Allan Thomas and others presently in the penal system also bemoaning their innocence. The obvious being Scott Watson.

The New Zealand Police have hardly been conducting themselves in a way that can be seen as `exemplary'; far from it. Rape, sexual abuse accusations are almost a daily occurrence and yet we are still expected to place our trust in them. I sincerely hope David gets all the compensation due him and that our police force weeds out the dead wood.