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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Carly McBride murder: Man who dumped body, helped killer to appeal conviction

Carly Dawn McBride was murdered by her boyfriend Sayle Newson on September 30, 2014. Newson's mate, James Anthony Cunneen, was found guilty of being an acccessory after the fact, a jury finding he helped dump her body and cover up the crime

JAMES Anthony Cunneen, who helped dump the body of murdered mother Carly McBride and lied to police to protect her killer, will attempt to have his conviction overturned as part of an appeal to the state's highest court next month.

Cunneen, now 32, was last year found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to murder over the brutal death of Ms McBride, a jury finding he knew all along what happened to the "missing" mother.

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