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| Pc killer loses conviction appeal | Pc killer loses conviction appeal |
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| A former US Marine jailed for life for the murder of a police officer in Leeds has been refused permission to appeal against his conviction. | A former US Marine jailed for life for the murder of a police officer in Leeds has been refused permission to appeal against his conviction. |
| David Bieber was found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court in 2004 of the murder of Pc Ian Broadhurst on Boxing Day the previous year. | David Bieber was found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court in 2004 of the murder of Pc Ian Broadhurst on Boxing Day the previous year. |
| Three judges at the Court of Appeal said the prosecution evidence against Bieber was "overwhelming". | Three judges at the Court of Appeal said the prosecution evidence against Bieber was "overwhelming". |
| But Bieber, 40, was given permission to appeal against his whole-life sentence. | |
| The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, sitting with two other judges, said Bieber's grounds of appeal had come "nowhere near throwing doubt on the verdict of the jury". | |
| His sentence appeal will be heard at a later date. | |
| Pc Broadhurst, 34, was shot at point blank range during a routine check on a stolen vehicle in Leeds. | |
| Pc Ian Broadhurst was shot dead on Boxing Day 2003 | Pc Ian Broadhurst was shot dead on Boxing Day 2003 |
| Bieber was also convicted of the attempted murders of Pc Broadhurst's colleagues, Pcs Neil Roper, 45 and James Banks, 27. | Bieber was also convicted of the attempted murders of Pc Broadhurst's colleagues, Pcs Neil Roper, 45 and James Banks, 27. |
| At the time of his sentencing Bieber was told he could not be released early and must spend the rest of his life in prison. | At the time of his sentencing Bieber was told he could not be released early and must spend the rest of his life in prison. |
| He became one of only 25 people at the time to have been given "whole" life sentences in England and Wales. | He became one of only 25 people at the time to have been given "whole" life sentences in England and Wales. |
| Bieber had claimed a friend, a fellow US national from Florida, was the gunman but refused to name him. | |