Keep hearing about this, but as it stands, Ched hasn't got an appeal. What he has is an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to see whether they feel there are grounds for referring the case back to the Court of Appeal. This doesn't appear to be based on anything 'new' as such - just the fact that the Defence team didn't like the interpretation of the existing evidence that the judge and jury found. As the Court of Appeal has already refused leave to appeal (no grounds - jury properly directed and entitled to reach their decision) then it seems unlikely that the CCRC would find justification for a referral back. If they did so find, it also seems unlikely that the Court of Appeal would come to a different conclusion. There is, of course no automatic right to a re-hearing of the evidence following a Crown Court trial (unlike a magistrates' court trial, which can be re-heard at Crown Court. The Defence have not identified any arguable point of law which could be taken via the judicial review (High Court) route. So as it stands, Ched doesn't have an "appeal" as such - just an application which might (but is probably unlikely to) lead to an appeal.
