A MOTHER'S STORY The Civic Creche Child Sex Trial

Paperback. When a little boy needed his Mum to "believe me", it began a series of events that ended with the jailing of Christchurch Creche worker Peter Ellis for child sex crimes. Now for the first time, that little boy's mother is breaking her silence, so you can judge the evidence. This is her story. 'Joy Bander' is a pseudonym. The judge in the Civic creche trial suppressed the identities of the children involved, so, where necessary, names have been changed. It became one of New Zealand's most controversial criminal cases: the alleged sexual abuse of a group of children at a city council operated creche. Childcare worker Peter Ellis was convicted and jailed, but some people claimed he was innocent - a victim of a Salem-style witch hunt. The challenge is: read this book and decide for yourself whether the evidence was sufficient to convict - were the children really abused? Claims were heard of those who believed Ellis innocent. This is the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness. With Aftermath and Appendix. 118pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.