A MAN, challenging his conviction and 50-year sentence for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, has not been able to contact his new lawyer, Court of Appeal judges were told yesterday.

Douglas Pratt, 28, and his outgoing lawyer Murrio Ducille appeared before Justices Anita Allen, Neville Adderley, and Stella Maureen Crane-Scott for a status hearing concerning Pratt’s appeal against his conviction and sentence for the November 2010 murder of Shande Cartwright at Adelaide Beach.

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