Hong Kong ‘milkshake murderer’ Nancy Kissel loses final bid to appeal
Slain banker’s family welcome decision to deny new hearing for ‘milkshake murderer’
The family of murdered banker Robert Kissel have welcomed the top court's decision to refuse his wife's final chance to overturn her conviction for killing him.
In a written statement the family said Nancy Kissell had been motivated by "insatiable greed" and thanked the many figures involved in the case for not being fooled by her "fabrication of lies".
"Justice has been served and Nancy will have a long time to contemplate her affront to her family and the world," the statement added.
The Court of Final Appeal refused to allow the "milkshake murderer" to appeal against the verdict of her 2011 retrial, in which she was found guilty of murdering her high-flying banker husband in 2003 and sentenced to life in prison.
Barrister Edward Fitzgerald QC, for Kissel, had argued the prosecution was wrong to tell the retrial's jury that his client was not suffering any psychiatric illness. He also argued that the trial judge had erred in directing the jury.
"We are not persuaded that the two grounds submitted by the applicant are arguable," Mr Justice Roberto Ribeiro said. He said that he and the court's two other judges, Mr Justice Robert Tang Ching and Mr Justice Joseph Fok, would hand down the reason for their decision later.