Hugo Rich loses bid to appeal murder conviction

JAILHOUSE lawyer Hugo Rich’s latest appeal against his murder conviction has been smacked down by the Court of Appeal.

Criminal Hugo Rich (originally known as Olaf Dietrich). Taken from PDF so small file size. Picture: Supplied

JAILHOUSE lawyer Hugo Rich's latest appeal against his murder conviction has been smacked down by the Court of Appeal.

Rich, a serial courtroom pest, has launched several appeals against his 2009 conviction for murdering security guard Erwin Kastenberger during a hold-up at a Blackburn North shopping centre in March 2005.

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Rich launched 10 grounds of appeal against conviction and a further three against his sentence.

But the Court of Appeal this morning ruled against his latest legal manouvering in a brief 30-second hearing this morning.

A previous appeal against the conviction was branded "unintelligible" by the court.

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