Olivana Loutharis

I think I recall him saying that he thought the outcome was disappointing and he said he was going to continue the fight, essentially.

And we did hear of his legal team submitting a notice to appeal and there were grounds of appeal that we thought that they were going to be pursuing.

But we really haven't heard anything since then.

So, Stockie, normally there's sort of a 28-day timeframe where you have to at least file a notice to appeal, so indicate to the court that you're intending to appeal a decision or a sentence, and then that sort of gets the ball rolling.

But there are, you know, I can think of many times where that 28-day period has lapsed and parties have been able to have the timeframe extended.

There could be numerous reasons why that's the case.

So even though the 28-day period has well and truly expired in this particular instance,

That doesn't necessarily mean that there couldn't be an appeal.

And as I said, we did see a notice of appeal filed following the guilty verdict for Matt Wright, but we just haven't heard anything.

Yeah, I mean, I guess it also depends what...

the appeal is.

So in this case, it's an appeal of the guilty verdict.

He's not appealing his sentence because they're arguing that it's too harsh or the DPP is arguing it's too lenient.

This is about him being found guilty.

So of course, while I'm sure that a big part of wanting to appeal the sentence would have been to

avoid him having to go to custody in the first place, I guess there's a world where that doesn't entirely ameliorate the desire to appeal.

I mean, if he absolutely maintains that he's innocent and absolutely wants to fight this, there is still, I guess, that motivation to want to appeal.

But certainly, I think the fact that he's now served his full five months of

would definitely be probably quite a significant factor in wanting to continue this fight.

I mean, it's been years of legal proceedings for everyone involved in this matter.