Nadine Lott's killer files papers in bid to quash murder conviction

A date for the full hearing has yet to be set and the case will be called again for mention at the same court on July 15.

Claire Lott had told the jury that her daughter Nadine (pictured) had been beaten so badly by Murtagh she did not recognise her when she found her dying. File photo

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Daniel Murtagh, who beat his former partner Nadine Lott to the point where she was "completely unrecognisable", leaving her with "extreme and grotesque" injuries from which she never recovered, has filed legal papers in his bid to have his murder conviction overturned.