GUILTY Australia - Jayde Kendall, 16, Gatton, Qld, 14 Aug 2015
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Bennetts appeals over murder conviction
9news.com.au
9:30am Apr 17, 2018
The man convicted of murdering Queensland schoolgirl Jayde Kendall is set to appeal over the decision on Tuesday [17 April 2018].
His appeal against the conviction and an application for leave to appeal over his sentence will be heard by the Queensland Court of Appeal.
To read more, click on the headline (above).
9news.com.au
9:30am Apr 17, 2018
The man convicted of murdering Queensland schoolgirl Jayde Kendall is set to appeal over the decision on Tuesday [17 April 2018].
His appeal against the conviction and an application for leave to appeal over his sentence will be heard by the Queensland Court of Appeal.
To read more, click on the headline (above).
In the Queensland Court of Appeal on Tuesday, Bennetts' legal team argued the judge made an error when she allowed initial statements and conversations with police to be used during his trial.
Michael Copley, QC, said the information had been illegally obtained because he was already considered a suspect, but had not been warned as such.
. . .
But crown prosecutor Vicki Loury, QC, said there was no evidence to suggest police considered Bennetts a suspect when he first spoke to officers and provided statements.
. . .
But Ms Loury said even if the trial judge had erred and the initial statements and conversations with police should have been excluded, there was enough evidence to uphold Bennett's conviction.
The Queensland Court of Appeal reserved its decision to a later date.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...endall-murder-conviction-20180417-p4za3c.html
Michael Copley, QC, said the information had been illegally obtained because he was already considered a suspect, but had not been warned as such.
. . .
But crown prosecutor Vicki Loury, QC, said there was no evidence to suggest police considered Bennetts a suspect when he first spoke to officers and provided statements.
. . .
But Ms Loury said even if the trial judge had erred and the initial statements and conversations with police should have been excluded, there was enough evidence to uphold Bennett's conviction.
The Queensland Court of Appeal reserved its decision to a later date.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...endall-murder-conviction-20180417-p4za3c.html
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