193:. The Court of Criminal Appeal discovered it had made factual errors in its judgment and purported to reopen the appeal, and heard from the parties before confirming its orders dismissing the appeal. On 31 July 2008 the High Court held that the Court of Criminal Appeal had no power to reopen the appeal after the orders had been formally recorded and that the error in the judgment on 16 March 2007 meant that those orders must be set aside and the matter remitted to the Court of Criminal Appeal. The Court of Criminal Appeal,
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Burrell, who had been a friend and former employee of the Whelan family, was charged in 1999. Charges were subsequently dropped, but re-instated in 2002 after a formal inquest. The first trial in 2005 ended with a hung jury, but
Burrell was convicted on the second trial in 2006. Burrell was sentenced
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Dorothy Davis was a 74-year-old wealthy widow living in
Lurline Bay, Sydney. On 30 May 1995, Davis left her apartment to visit Burrell's wife. She was never seen again. Burrell was charged with Davis's murder and later found guilty by a jury, stating financial gain as a motive. Burrell was sentenced
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during May 1997, the day after which Whelan's husband Bernie Whelan received a $ 1 million ransom note. Whelan's body has never been found. The kidnapping and conviction became one of
Australia's most infamous crimes.
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to 28 years in prison with a non-parole period of 21 years. Burrell's appeal against his conviction and sentence was dismissed in 2009. Burrell sought special leave to appeal to the High Court, but this was refused.
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