What happened at Susan Neill-Fraser s appeal against her conviction for murdering her partner Bob Chappell?
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Susan Neill-Fraser is fighting her conviction for the 2009 murder of her partner Bob Chappell.
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A case that first made headlines in 2009 returned to court this week as a Hobart grandmother continued her fight for freedom.
Key points:
Susan Neill-Fraser was convicted in 2010 for the murder of her partner, Bob Chappell, on Australia Day, 2009
A law change in 2015 has given her another chance to appeal against the conviction
Tasmania s Court of Criminal Appeal will decide whether she has fresh and compelling evidence casting doubt on the conviction
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Love Story, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Typical Hollywood fluff, you might say. Yet the best answer to that asininity was given by a Hollywood all-star, the late, great Charlton Heston. Asked the secret of what would eventually become his 64-year long marriage to Lydia, Chuck Heston replied, “Learning to say five words: ‘I’m sorry, I was wrong.’”
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