Rust armourer requests new trial and release from prison after conviction

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will be sentenced on April 15 (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican/AP/PA)

A weapons armourer on the film set of Rust has asked a judge to grant her a new involuntary manslaughter trial and release from prison “pending further proceedings”.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty after a two-week trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the western film set in October 2021.