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Former elite water polo player Keli Lane has appeared in court in Sydney on Tuesday at the start of an appeal against her conviction for murdering her newborn baby Tegan.Former elite water polo player Keli Lane has appeared in court in Sydney on Tuesday at the start of an appeal against her conviction for murdering her newborn baby Tegan.
Lane, whose once bleached-blonde hair is now brown, appeared at the New South Wales court of criminal appeal dressed in a pink and black blouse.Lane, whose once bleached-blonde hair is now brown, appeared at the New South Wales court of criminal appeal dressed in a pink and black blouse.
The former polo player was jailed in 2011 for at least 13 years and five months for the murder of two-day-old Tegan, whose body has never been found.The former polo player was jailed in 2011 for at least 13 years and five months for the murder of two-day-old Tegan, whose body has never been found.
The crown said Lane killed her daughter after leaving Auburn hospital in September 1996.The crown said Lane killed her daughter after leaving Auburn hospital in September 1996.
Lane has always maintained she gave Tegan to the infant's biological father, a man named Andrew Norris or Morris.Lane has always maintained she gave Tegan to the infant's biological father, a man named Andrew Norris or Morris.
Lane's legal team, led by barrister Winston Terracini SC, is appealing against her conviction on a number of grounds, including that an alternative count of manslaughter should have been open to the jury as there was no evidence "of infliction of any harm with any intent".Lane's legal team, led by barrister Winston Terracini SC, is appealing against her conviction on a number of grounds, including that an alternative count of manslaughter should have been open to the jury as there was no evidence "of infliction of any harm with any intent".
Speaking on Tuesday, Terracini said there was a "scarcity of material indicating what the appellant's intentions were when she allegedly committed the offence". He added: "They [the crown] say there has to be a murder."Speaking on Tuesday, Terracini said there was a "scarcity of material indicating what the appellant's intentions were when she allegedly committed the offence". He added: "They [the crown] say there has to be a murder."
During her trial, the crown contended Lane, 38, murdered Tegan because a child would have interfered with her sporting, sex and social life.During her trial, the crown contended Lane, 38, murdered Tegan because a child would have interfered with her sporting, sex and social life.
Her trial heard how she had two terminations as a teenager and kept three pregnancies and births secret from family and friends.Her trial heard how she had two terminations as a teenager and kept three pregnancies and births secret from family and friends.
Tegan was the middle child of the three secret babies, with the other two infants given for adoption.Tegan was the middle child of the three secret babies, with the other two infants given for adoption.
In sentencing her in 2011 to a maximum of 18 years, Justice Anthony Whealy said: "A puzzling aspect of the crown case at trial was that the offender was said to have been so distressed by the difficulties involved in the first birth that she murdered her second child, rather than face again the prospect of a long adoption process.In sentencing her in 2011 to a maximum of 18 years, Justice Anthony Whealy said: "A puzzling aspect of the crown case at trial was that the offender was said to have been so distressed by the difficulties involved in the first birth that she murdered her second child, rather than face again the prospect of a long adoption process.
"Yet upon the birth of her third child, that was the very process on which she immediately embarked.""Yet upon the birth of her third child, that was the very process on which she immediately embarked."
The appeal before Chief Justice Tim Bathurst, Justice Carolyn Simpson and Justice Christine Adamson continues.The appeal before Chief Justice Tim Bathurst, Justice Carolyn Simpson and Justice Christine Adamson continues.
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