Daniel Morcombe’s killer Brett Peter Cowan will appeal his murder conviction in a hearing next month. However, the attorney general will also appeal Cowan’s sentence at that time, arguing that 20 years non-parole is ‘manifestly inadequate’ for Cowan’s crime, which could see the 45-year-old’s prison time extended. In March, Cowan was found guilty of murder, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse, after abusing and killing Daniel in an abandoned house after abducting the teen from a Sunshine Coast bus stop. A covert police operation culminated in Cowan’s arrest in August 2011, after Cowan unknowingly confessed to Daniel’s murder on camera to an undercover detective.
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Daniel Morcombe's killer is set to appeal his murder conviction next month
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Brett Peter Cowan's appeal will be heard in court on November 27 and 28
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His defence will argue the jury shouldn't have seen his video confession
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Daniel, 13, went missing in December 2013 after Cowan abducted him form a bus stop
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Two appeals will be heard, with the attorney general seeking to extend Cowan's prison sentence
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In March Cowan was found guilty of murder, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse
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Cowan was sentenced to life in prison with 20 years non-parole
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Daniel's parents are 'comfortable', 'we always knew' appeal would happen
In 2003 at the age of 13, @placeholder, was abducted and murdered although his family did not know what had happened to him until his remains were uncovered in 2011 after a long police investigation and the family was able to lay him to rest.