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Jacob Shteyman

'Possibly innocent' convicted murderer loses appeal bid

A majority of High Court judges dismissed Derek Bromley's bid to appeal to his murder conviction. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A convicted murderer jailed for life for a crime he says he did not commit has had a bid to have his case re-heard in the nation's highest court thrown out, despite two judges finding a "significant possibility" he was innocent.

Derek John Bromley and an accomplice, John Karpany, were jailed for life for the 1984 murder of Stephen Docoza after his body was found floating in Adelaide's River Torrens.

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