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Convicted murderer Antonie Dixon is pushing for a third trial amidst reports jurors in his retrial conducted their own research on the internet.
On Monday, Dixon's defence lawyer Barry Hart said that there are "substantial grounds that exist" for the re-trial to be granted.
But he made it clear that the detail of the grounds cannot be discussed.
If the re-trial is granted, it will be the third for the convicted murder, whose case has cost taxpayers almost $1 million.
Dixon was convicted in 2005 of murder, grievous bodily harm, firearm charges, shooting at police, and kidnapping, in events which unfolded during a drug fuelled crime spree in January 2003.
During the rampage, he seriously injuring Renee Gunbie and Simone Butler and murdered James Te Aute with a home-made gun.
The Court of Appeal quashed the convictions last year, ruling the summing up by Justice Judith Potter contained major errors of law.
In August 2008, after a second trial, Dixon was again found guilty on the charges he faced.
Dixon has been in prison since he was charged and convicted for the first time in 2005. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 20 years.
Hart on Monday talked of the difficulties of high profile cases, in which juries are often faced with having to "put aside" all previous knowledge of the case.
The judge by law is required to tell the jury to disregard all pre-trial assumption, "however in reality that is difficult to," he says.
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