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As more and more children come forward with accounts of abuse, we look at what the role the parents, police and expert child interviewers may have played.
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What's happening for the 3 to 5 year old children at the centre of the investigation, some of whom are put through hours of questioning by professionals feeling their way in a relatively new field?
How could happy, healthy, innocent kids come up with such distressing, and at times wildly fantastical stories? Memory specialists and child psychologists discuss the merits of children's testimony.
Peter Ellis spent more than seven years in prison, for a crime he says he didn't commit. He and others describe his time behind bars and the many surprises and revelations he faced.
To see more images and details about Peter Ellis and the series, vist the website here.
Peter Ellis is found guilty of 16 counts of abuse in relation to 7 children and is sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The shock of life in a Maximum Security prison is profound, but there is also help and support from surprising quarters. Then, after 15 months, one of the most credible complainant children retracts her evidence and an appeal is planned. Is this a chance at hope?
Tensions run high as the High Court trial of Peter Ellis reaches its conclusion.
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The trial grinds on, loyalties are tested, and a sense of exhaustion sets in.
Are there, as Ellis and his supporters claim, abuses of power by key witnesses such as leading child psychologist Karen Zelas, key members of the police team, and some of the complainant parents? Is there medical evidence of the abuse? And will Rob Harrison, the defence lawyer, call Peter Ellis to the stand?