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image captionChristopher Hunnisett, seen here in 2012, now identifies as a woman
A Sussex killer who bludgeoned a lover to death with a hammer has lost an appeal against a murder conviction.
Christopher Hunnisett, 37, who now identifies as a woman called Crystal, killed Peter Bick, of Bexhill, in 2011.
Three judges were asked to consider whether new evidence that Hunnisett had a psychotic illness undermined the safety of the conviction.
But on Thursday they dismissed the appeal, saying there was no proper basis to admit the fresh evidence .
Hunnisett handed herself in at Hastings police station on 11 January 2011, hours after killing 57-year-old supermarket worker Mr Bick.