A Sydney Morning Herald report notes that a man who murdered a beekeeper so he could steal his honey has had his appeal dismissed after his own lawyer could not find any reason why the conviction was unjust.

At the start of his Brisbane Supreme Court trial in March last year, Donald Robert Alcock (35) admitted to shooting Anthony Ross Knight in the back in May 2007 so he could steal his honey. He and his lawyers conceded there was a case against him on the charge of manslaughter, but elected to fight the murder charge brought by the Crown. At the end of a five-day trial, the jury took less than one day to find him guilty of murdering Knight while he slept. Alcock was sentenced to life imprisonment. Alcock decided to contest his conviction, but when the case was heard in the Court of Appeal in Brisbane last week, his lawyer said he could not find any reasons why the conviction was unsafe or unreasonable. The Court of Appeal immediately dismissed the appeal.
Full Sydney Morning Herald report