CONVICTED King’s Counsel Vincent Nelson has lost his plea to the Appeal Court for permission to challenge his 2019 corruption conviction.

Justices Nolan Bereaux, James Aboud and Geoffrey Henderson on July 29 ruled Nelson failed to prove misconduct by state officials and waited too long to file his appeal.

Justice Henderson, delivering the decision of the three-judge panel, said Nelson, a UK-based tax attorney, voluntarily entered a plea deal in 2019 and had every chance to tell the trial judge about any promises or threats he now claims led to his guilty plea. Nelson was represented by senior counsel at the time but raised no concerns about improper inducements.