Twists
Oct 08, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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Episode description
The High Court trial into child abuse at the Christchurch Civic Creche begins on Monday, 26 April, 1993. Peter Ellis is charged with 28 counts against 13 children.
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Peter Ellis's friends rally round to help him scrub up his image and the trial begins.
As the High Court trial opens, Peter Ellis finds himself before a conservative Catholic judge and a compromised jury with personal connections to some of the complainants.
The tension and divisions this case has engendered has serious consequences.
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