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Vigilante who killed a man he wrongly believed was a paedophile has murder conviction upheld Tristan Kirk The murder conviction of a former altar boy who carried out the vigilante killing of a man he wrongly believed was a paedophile has been upheld by judges. Christopher Hunnisett bludgeoned Peter Bick with a hammer and strangled him with a shoelace, just months after being released from prison over another killing. He was branded an “extremely dangerous man” when he was convicted of murdering Mr Bick in 2012 and sentenced to life in prison. Court of Appeal judges were as...

BBC News Published image captionChristopher Hunnisett, seen here in 2012, now identifies as a woman A Sussex killer who bludgeoned a lover to death with a hammer has lost an appeal against a murder conviction. Christopher Hunnisett, 37, who now identifies as a woman called Crystal, killed Peter Bick, of Bexhill, in 2011. Three judges were asked to consider whether new evidence that Hunnisett had a psychotic illness undermined the safety of the conviction. But on Thursday they dismissed the appeal, saying there was "no proper basis to admit the fresh evidence". Hunnisett handed herself in at H...