AN 83-year-old man found guilty of manslaughter will face a retrial after winning an appeal against his conviction over the death of a Perth woman more than 20 years ago.
Ronald Leslie Pennington was extradited from Tasmania to stand trial for the death of 41-year-old Cariad Anderson Slater who disappeared in July 1992.
Kill accused drops bail bid Her skeletal remains were found in 2011 in a backyard where Pennington used to live.
A Supreme Court jury found the 83-year-old guilty last year of manslaughter and he was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison.
But the Court of Appeal today ruled that the trial judge had erred in his directions to the jury.
Pennington's conviction was quashed and a retrial was ordered.
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