APPEAL BID LOST.Byline: MIRROR REPORTER A SOUTH African man has lost his appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife more than four years ago. The three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal said it was satisfied to dismiss Anton Mulder's appeal against his conviction for strangling his wife Colleen and rejected his claim that the conviction was unsafe. In January last year following a retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) Mulder, 47, of Maelduin, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, but originally from South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , was found guilty of murdering Colleen Suzanne Mulder. He received a life sentence. Mrs Mulder, who was from Bangor, Co Down, was found strangled to death on December 17, 2004. Mulder appealed against his conviction. Mulder had claimed the prosecution had "wrongly objected" to the use of a psychiatrist report. Counsel for the DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem argued that the trial judge's ruling out the use of the evidence in question was "perfectly appropriate". CAPTION(S): GUILTY Anton Mulder |
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