Murderer Dwyer challenges conviction

Murderer Graham Dwyer is to argue that his conviction should be overturned and he should be freed from prison in an appeal likely to be heard next year.

The 42-year-old architect’s notice of his intention to take his case to the Court of Criminal Appeal was despatched over the weekend, just before the 21-day deadline for action expired yesterday.

His legal team must now lodge papers detailing in depth the grounds for their client’s appeal and their arguments as to why they believe those grounds are sufficient to show his conviction is unsound.