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Wheelchair pond killer to appeal conviction

Peter Rex Dansie, who killed his wheelchair-bound wife by pushing her into a pond in Adelaide, has been granted leave to appeal against his murder conviction.

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Feb 24, 2020, updated May 15, 2025

Photo: AAP/David Mariuz

Dansie was found guilty in December of the murder of his wife Helen, 67, by pushing her wheelchair into a pond at Veale Gardens, in the Adelaide parklands, in 2017.

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