Appeal denied: murderer's self-defence claim 'barely plausible'

Ian Conway was jailed for a maximum of 16 years for murdering Christopher Ward at Broadmeadow in 2021. On Friday, an appeal against his conviction was dismissed.

IAN Conway's evidence that he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed his mate to death was "barely plausible" and "lacking detail" and the jury was correctly not discharged due to inflammatory comments about the killer's "horrifying" reputation for violence, the Court of Criminal Appeal has found.

Conway, now 48, was in February jailed for a maximum of 16 years with a non-parole period of 12 years after a jury found him guilty of murdering Christopher Ward at a unit in Broadmeadow on March 7, 2021.