The man who killed Grace Millane has lost his bid to have his conviction and sentence overturned.
At an August hearing, the man's lawyer Rachael Reed QC laid out several concerns with the November trial, including about how the jury was able to deal with the question of consent when considering their verdict, if jurors were given "balanced" direction about expert evidence and how to weigh this up, and how evidence from other women about the man was handled.
Reed also questioned the trial judge's finding that Millane was "particularly vulnerable" and that the killing had a high degree of callousness, two factors that became important in his sentencing.