Lloyd Rayney faces a wait of at least several weeks before finding out if he will face a retrial for the murder of his estranged wife Corryn.
Barrister Lloyd Rayney arrives at the opening yesterday of the DPP appeal against his murder acquittal. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow
Lloyd and Corryn Rayney on a flight to Bali months before her death. Source: Herald Sun
LLOYD Rayney faces a wait of at least several weeks before finding out if he will face a retrial for the murder of his estranged wife Corryn.
The three judges presiding over the state's appeal against his 2012 acquittal reserved their decision today following two days of legal argument.
Today marks exactly six years since Ms Rayney, a former WA Supreme Court registrar, disappeared after a bootscooting class. Her body was found buried head-first in Kings Park nine days later.
Last November, former Northern Territory judge Justice Brian Martin cleared Mr Rayney of killing his wife.
Following the acquittal, the state lodged an appeal against the decision.
The state has argued over the course of two days that Justice Martin failed to give enough weight to all of the evidence presented in the trial. Yesterday the discovery of a dinner place card bearing Mr Rayney's name in Kings Park was described as a "smoking gun".
But lawyers representing Mr Rayney have argued the state's case should be thrown out because their argument had no "prospect of succeeding" and suggested the three appeal judges should not grant a leave to appeal.
Outside court today, Ms Rayney's sister Sharon Coutinho told the media that the past six years had been a "long journey" for their family and that the ordeal was far from over for them.
She added that spending two days in an appeal hearing was not how the family wanted to commemorate the sixth anniversary since Ms Rayney went missing.
Justices Mark Weinberg, Anthony Whealy and Terrene Buddin said they would hand down their decision "as soon as we practically can."
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