The man infamously known as the Beast of Blenheim has had his appeal quashed
The man infamously known as the Beast of Blenheim has had his appeal quashed
26 November 2019
72-year-old Stuart Murray Wilson had challenged his latest convictions alongside his sentence for historical offending.
At a High Court trial last year, he was found guilty of rapes dating back to the 1970s and 80s ... of a woman; and a then 9-year-old girl; and of the attempted rape of a third woman
On appeal, Wilson claimed the Crown had abused judicial process by charging him - in spite of a stay on proceedings by the Attorney-General nearly two decades earlier.
But the Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal, stating Wilson received a fair trial, despite the delay.
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