GUILTY Australia - Carly McBride, 31, murdered, Muswellbrook, NSW, 30 Sept 2014 *Trial in 2021*

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BREAKING | James Cunneen has been sentenced to a max of 7 and a half years jail for being an accessory after the fact to Carly Mcbride's murder in 2014.
He helped his friend Sayle Newson, also found guiilty of murder, dispose of Carly's body near Scone.
He'll be eligible for parole in May 2026.

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#BREAKING | James Cunneen has been sentenced to a max of 7 and a half years jail for being an accessory after the fact to Carly Mcbride's murder in 2014. He helped his friend Sayle Newson, also found guiilty of murder, dispose of Carly's body near Scone.

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Newson's lawyers eye High Court after murder appeal dismissed​


LAWYERS for the man who brutally murdered mother-of-two Carly McBride at Muswellbrook nearly a decade ago say they are eyeing a potential appeal to the High Court of Australia after a bid to have his conviction overturned was dismissed on Wednesday.
 

Why infamous killer’s desperate bid for freedom failed​

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Newson appealed his conviction and sentence on several grounds, including that the jury ought to have been allowed to consider an alternative verdict of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The Court Of Criminal Appeal dismissed Newson's appeal against both his conviction and sentence.

Newson was sentenced to 27 years in jail with a non-parole period of 19 years and nine months.

He will first be eligible for release on parole in August 2038.
 

The court was told that he sent text messages to her a month before her murder saying “I am violent wen in this mood and u have no idea bout this part” and “Open your legs n shut ur neck”.

She suffered blunt force injuries at the hands of Newson, who was trained in mixed martial arts, including 23 fractures to her skull, 13 fractures to her torso as well as fractured ribs and spine.
 
James Cunneen's conviction was quashed by the Court Of Appeal.

He will have a new trial next year.


Carly McBride murder: man who allegedly helped killer will face lengthy re-trial​

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By Sam Rigney
Updated April 15 2024 - 5:53pm, first published 5:30pm

Cunneen was later jailed for a maximum of seven-and-a-half years, with a non-parole period of four years and was not eligible for parole until 2026.
But last month the Court of Criminal Appeal upheld an appeal against Cunneen's conviction, quashing the guilty verdict and ordering he face a new trial.
The reasons for the CCA's decision have not yet been made public.
Cunneen was released on conditional bail a week later and on Monday appeared in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court via AVL from his solicitor's office where he was again arraigned on a charge of being an accessory after the fact to Ms McBride's murder.

The trial was set down for Sydney in March, 2025 and is expected to run for three months.
 

James Anthony Cunneen successfully appealed against his guilty verdict to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, that has ordered him to face a new trial for allegedly helping dump the body of Carly McBride in 2014.
 

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