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| Gerard Baden-Clay has lodged an appeal two days after a jury found he murdered his wife, arguing his conviction was unreasonable. | |
| Documents lodged by the former Brisbane estate agent's lawyers on Thursday cite four grounds for appeal, including that the murder conviction was unreasonable. | |
| Second, they argue there was a miscarriage of justice in relation to Allison Baden-Clay's blood, which was found in the family car. | |
| The documents say jurors should have been directed to consider the blood as relevant only if they were satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that it could be linked to an injury she suffered or 19 or 20 April 2012. | |
| Allison was last seen alive at the family's Brookfield home on the night of 19 April. | |
| The documents also say trial judge Justice John Byrne erred by not directing the jury it needed to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Baden-Clay placed his wife's body at Kholo Creek "in order to use such a finding as post-offence conduct going to guilt". | |
| Finally, Byrne erred in "leaving to the jury" that Baden-Clay tried to disguise marks on his face by making razor cuts, the documents say. | |
| Allison's body was found on the banks of Kholo Creek, at Anstead in Brisbane's west, on 30 April 2012. Baden-Clay had reported her missing 10 days earlier. | |
| Baden-Clay wept and shook on Tuesday after he was convicted of murdering the mother of their three daughters, in a struggle at the house. | |
| Byrne gave Baden-Clay a mandatory life sentence, with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years. | |
| During the sentencing hearing, Allison's family told of their enduring grief and the pain of the Baden-Clay girls. | |
| Gerard Baden-Clay has lodged an appeal just two days after he was convicted of murdering his wife. | Gerard Baden-Clay has lodged an appeal just two days after he was convicted of murdering his wife. |
| A court spokesman said Baden-Clay's lawyers had lodged an appeal on Thursday. | A court spokesman said Baden-Clay's lawyers had lodged an appeal on Thursday. |
| The former Brisbane real estate agent was convicted on Tuesday of murdering his wife Allison in a violent struggle in April 2012. | The former Brisbane real estate agent was convicted on Tuesday of murdering his wife Allison in a violent struggle in April 2012. |
| The crime robbed the couple's three daughters of their mother, and Baden-Clay was sentenced to life in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years. | The crime robbed the couple's three daughters of their mother, and Baden-Clay was sentenced to life in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years. |
| He wept and shook during his sentencing hearing as Allison's family told of their enduring grief. | He wept and shook during his sentencing hearing as Allison's family told of their enduring grief. |