A KILLER who bludgeoned a lover to death after wrongly believing he was a paedophile has lost a Court of Appeal bid to have the murder conviction overturned.
Christopher Hunnisett strangled Peter Bick and hit him over the head repeatedly with a hammer in January 2011, before telling police the killing was “part of a mission to hunt down paedophiles”.
Hunnisett, 37, who now identifies as a woman and is called Crystal, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years after being convicted of Mr Bick’s murder in May 2012 following a trial at Lewes Crown Court.
Her case was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which investigates possible miscarriages of justice.