A woman who has been jailed for 30 years over the willful murder of a British man in Port Moresby is now appealing against her conviction and sentencing in the Supreme Court.
Taita Prichard, 42, a Papua New Guinean and naturalised Australian citizen was found guilty for planning and using her cousin to willfully murder her former lover, John Hulse at Napanapa outside Port Moresby on July 23, 2011.
She was convicted along with her cousin, 35-year-old James Paru on Nov 11, 2015. Both were sentenced to serve 30 years in prison on Feb 12 this year.
Convicted and sentenced by Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika of the Waigani National Court, Prichard filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against that.
The appeal has been set for hearing next week Monday, Aug 29.
Sir Gibbs when sentencing the duo early this year said it was a case of jealousy and frustration on Prichard’s part when she realized she had lost John’s (deceased) love to his new Cambodian girlfriend.
He described the murder as premeditated and cold blooded when both prisoners led the deceased to his death trap at Napanapa to hand over passports belonging to him and his new girlfriend.