High court justices hears arguments on why they should grant Pell leave to appeal his conviction for child sexual abuse
The high profile barrister Bret Walker SC has argued jurors who convicted Cardinal George Pell of child sexual abuse were wrong to reject arguments from his defence about the improbability of the offending occurring.
On Wednesday morning Pell’s final chance of appealing his verdict begun before the full high court bench of seven justices in Canberra. The court is yet to grant Pell leave to appeal his conviction – first, it is hearing arguments from Walker as to why the appeal should be allowed. It may grant or deny the appeal at any time.
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