Murderer Thomas Lang loses High Court bid to overturn conviction for stabbing death of Maureen Boyce
ABCA former American doctor jailed for life for the murder of his lover, Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce, has lost a High Court challenge to his conviction. Key points: Thomas Lang was twice found guilty of the stabbing murder of Maureen Boyce He challenged his latest conviction in the High Court, but that was today thrown out Lang's defence team argued during both trials that Ms Boyce's death was the result of suicide Thomas Lang was twice found guilty of the crime after paramedics found Ms Boyce dead in her Kangaroo Point apartment in 2015, with a knife in her abdomen. Lang argued Ms Boyce had committed suicide, but prosecutors said he had become enraged after he discovered text messages from another man on her phone, and stabbed her. Lang's lawyers asked High Court to find jury failed to reach reasonable verdict Thomas Lang was charged with murder over the death of former model Maureen Boyce in 2015. Flashpoints in the case included claims Lang's motive for killing Ms Boyce was prompted by the discovery of messages of a "romantic nature" from another man on her phone.
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Thomas Lang found guilty of murdering former model Maureen Boyce at Kangaroo Point
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