<p>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.</p><p>To see more images and details about Peter Ellis and the series, vist the <a href="https://shorthand.radionz.co.nz/e6255440-238e-47c9-81d5-8efa847a4a2b/index.html"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/conviction-the-christchurch-civic-creche-case">website here.</a></a></p><p>Peter Ellis's friends rally round to help him scrub up his image and the trial begins.</p><p>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.</p><p>The tension and divisions this case has engendered has serious consequences.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/conviction-the-christchurch-civic-creche-case?share=elf_audio_2018904789">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
