Published: March 21, 2019
Justices refuse to hear government appeal against decision declining request for man to face single trial
The Australian high court has refused to hear an appeal against a decision rejecting an attempt for a man to face a single trial on charges of murdering three Aboriginal children in Bowraville almost 30 years ago.
In September, the NSW attorney general had unsuccessfully argued in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal that there was fresh and compelling evidence to justify the overturning of the man’s two Bowraville murder acquittals and the ordering of a single trial on three murder charges.
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