To be accurate, he's already lost his appeal. An appeal court

judge said "We can see no possible basis which would justify us interfering with the verdict of the jury, which heard all the evidence and reflected on it after careful summing up by the judge."

So he has gone to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. They might agree that the appeal court judgement was wrong, and then he'll be able to appeal.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on January 8th 2015 at 14:36:50

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No threats made to Oldham or sponsors according to police (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:12:18
- sponsors pulling out not related to threats, threats to club staff (n/m) (Other Football) - robotbear, Jan 8, 14:38:55
  - Cock (n/m) (Other Football) - yellowman, Jan 8, 16:14:10
- Oldham chairman just quit as well (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:23:50
  - Dan Roan reporting that that's not true. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:56:34
    - Wrong guy (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 8, 15:04:47
- Oldham are saying that a named family member of an Oldham director was threatened with (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:20:30
- Yes that is just the sort of lie I would come up with. (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jan 8, 14:18:21
  - That doesn't shock me (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:19:54
    - What happens if he by some chance he wins his appeal ? (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:30:07
      - Which he has a pretty good chance of doing imo (n/m) (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 14:57:24
        
        On what legal basis do you think the CCRC will allow an appeal in the first place? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:06:06
        
        On the basis that (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 15:26:44
        
        Every guilty verdict could be a miscarriage of justice. So why is it that the CCRC only al (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:35:39
        
        Broadly agree (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 16:00:09
        
        Well, that's tidied that away at least. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 16:03:25
        
        what appeal? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 15:02:58
      - To be accurate, he's already lost his appeal. An appeal court (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:36:50
        
        Fair enough but he might be innocent unlikely though it seems (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:41:10
        
        Sure. Innocent people have gone to jail before and will again. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:44:45
        
        Ok (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:45:07
      - there is no appeal at the moment (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:33:37
        
        He's going to whine on all his life about how innocent he is like Jeremy Bamber. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jan 8, 14:35:43
        
        I'm wondering, in a case like this, if a fairly thick person (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:42:26
        
        He - by his own testimony - was completey sober BTW. (Other Football) - mr chimp, Jan 8, 14:53:23
        
        Oh, OK (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:56:03
        
        I hate to say but this has probably happened tens if not hundreds of times over the years (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:44:50
        
        Moral of the story, don't help yourself even if the gate to the lady garden is unfastened (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jan 8, 14:50:08
        
        Is that like the 'Blue Peter Garden' ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 15:14:25
        
        Slightly more moi- (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:21:24
        
        both have been wrecked by footballers though! (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:26:08
        
        Who was it that did the Blue Peter Garden again? (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:37:02
        
        I thought Les Ferdinand had confessed to it (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:40:32
        
        fuel oil dumped in the sunken pond. That's a cunt's trick tbf (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:46:19
        
        No indeed, just thinking about his own perceptions of "innocence" (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:47:33
        
        You are probably right insofar as he thought 'she wouldn't be here if' (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:49:48

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