High Court dismisses appeal in Brisbane socialite murder case

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High Court dismisses appeal in Brisbane socialite murder case
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A retired US doctor has failed to have his conviction overturned for murdering Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce.

A retired US doctor has failed in his High Court appeal to overturn his conviction for murdering Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce.

Thomas Lang, seen here after his arrest, was convicted twice of killing Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce in 2015.Lang’s first conviction in 2017 over his lover’s death was quashed on appeal, but he was found guilty again in November 2020 and sentenced to life behind bars. Boyce was stabbed five times while lying in her bed. Only she and Lang were in the apartment when she died.Queensland’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeal were told she was either murdered by Lang or died by suicide.

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