Jamie Lee Warn was found guilty of murdering Zsuzsanna Besenyei in May last year when it is believed he kept her body in the boot of her own car for three days before dumping her near Le Pulec (also known as Stinky Bay in St Ouen) in the middle of the night.
The 55-year-old denied murdering Miss Besenyei but a jury found him guilty after a two-week trial earlier this year. Now, Warn has launched a bid to have his conviction overturned and has lodged an application seeking leave to appeal with the court. The application is being considered by a single Court of Appeal judge.
While the results of a Home Office post-mortem examination were inconclusive, and no cause of death was established, mobile phone records and CCTV images showing Warn’s movements in the days around his victim’s death were used to establish what had happened.
Mr Warn is due to be sentenced on Monday 3 June. No date has yet been given for the Court of Appeal hearing.
