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Man who killed wife with hammer loses murder appeal

  • Andrew John Cobby has lost his appeal for a retrial after DNA evidence was dismissed by the Brisbane Court of Appeal justices.
  • Cobby was convicted in 2021 for beating and strangling his estranged wife Kym outside her home in November 2017.
  • Cobby argued the DNA retesting of the hammer, the murder weapon, was crucial, but the court found it did not provide reasonable grounds for acquittal.
  • The justices found no significant possibility that an innocent man was convicted, stating Cobby failed to show the verdict was unreasonable.
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Man who killed wife with hammer loses murder appeal

Andrew Cobby was found guilty in a 2021 trial of beating and strangling his estranged wife Kym outside her Gold Coast hinterland home.

·Sydney, Australia
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redlandcitybulletin.com.au broke the news in on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
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