A WOMAN jailed for repeatedly stabbing her neighbour after a long-running dispute has failed to get her conviction overturned.
Rose Brownsell, 36, of Preston New Road, Blackburn, complained about her legal team to London's Criminal Appeal Court, contending an audio tape should have gone into evidence at her Manchester Crown Court trial.
But her trial barrister revealed that on one tape Brownsell could be heard making threats to kill all the victim's family after she had stabbed the victim and he therefore believed it should not go before the jury.
Brownsell was jailed for 30 months in August 2001, after being found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The Appeal Court refused to grant her an extension of time to enable her to apply to challenge her conviction.
Mr Justice Grigson, sitting with Mr Justice Treacy, rejected all Brownsell's complaints about her legal team and her claim that the prosecution case against her had been weak.
Brownsell had complained that the barrister had not pointed out a number of discrepancies between what some witnesses said in court and what they said in their written statements.
Mr Justice Grigson said the barrister referred to some discrepancies and gave a reasonable explanation for failing to mention them all -- the fact that the compilation video shown to the jury showed what happened at certain times.
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