Outcome of Bradley Murdoch Appeal

Story re the outcome of Brad Murdoch's appeal. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21037846-953,00.html

Please find below the link to the judgement from the decision by the NT Court of Criminal Appeal.
 
Suggest you start at page 150 to get the gist of the judgement.
 
In essence, the Court of Criminal Appeal in the Northern Territory has unanimously dismissed the appeal by Bradley John Murdoch against his conviction and sentence.
 
The three judges were Acting Chief Justice David Angel, Justice Trevor Riley, and Acting Justice Trevor Olsson.
 
The judges say that the core issue in the case was the identity of the assailant:  "In our opinion the presence of the blood of the appellant upon the t-shirt of Ms Lees establishes beyond reasonable doubt the presence of the appellant at the time Ms Lees was attacked just north of Barrow Creek.  When this evidence is considered along with the other evidence properly admitted at trial of events occurring at that location, the guilt of the appellant of the murder of Peter Falconio is established beyond reasonable doubt.  The case against the appellant becomes overwhelming when the evidence of the identification of the appellant as the assailant by Ms Lees is taken into account.
 
"We conclude that there has been no substantial miscarriage of justice in this case.  The appeal against conviction must be dismissed."
The judges also dismissed the appeal against sentence, saying (p. 154):
 
a) The killing was cold blooded and premeditated;
b) The appellant has not demonstrated any remorse and the body of the victim has not been found.  As the Crown put it there can be no closure for those grieving for the victim, as the appellant has chosen not to reveal what he did;
c) As to the other offences each was of an inherently serious nature that subjected Ms Lees to a terrifying ordeal in circumstances in which she had every reason to anticipate at least sexual violation and at worst eventual death herself
d) There were no factors to mitigate the appellant's conduct which was cruel, remorseless and completely unprovoked.

http://www.nt.gov.au/ntsc/doc/judgements/2007/ntcca/20070110ntcca01.html

Since then, Murdoch sought leave to apply to the High Court, which was refused. He was transferred from Darwin to the much smaller Alice Springs jail in August 2007, due to ‘overcrowding’ at Berrima Prison in Darwin.