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Luke Costin

Rare murder appeal 'gruelling' for family

Steve Johnson said it had been gruelling sitting through the appeal hearing. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Regardless of its importance, sitting through an appeal by his brother's convicted murderer has been a gruelling process for Steve Johnson.

Five months after he was sentenced and nine months after pleading guilty, Scott Phillip White is trying to revoke his guilty plea to murdering Mr Johnson's mathematician brother, Scott, in Manly in 1988.

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