High court dismisses appeal of former doctor twice found guilty of Brisbane socialite’s murder

Maureen Boyce was stabbed five times while in her bed, with lover Thomas Chris Lang claiming the wounds were self-inflicted

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

Thomas Chris Lang was convicted twice of murdering Boyce, 68, whose bloodied body was found in her Kangaroo Point apartment with a kitchen knife protruding from her abdomen in 2015.

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