Overview

• On June 18, 2025, Nicholas John Crilley challenged his seven life sentences in Brisbane’s Queensland Court of Appeal.
• His defence argued he merited credit for calling an ambulance to save the victim’s life after weeks of abuse.
• Justices probed the sincerity of his remorse and described his letter to the sentencing judge as self-centred.
• Crilley received seven life terms in 2020 for 62 offences, including torture and 18 counts of rape that left the 22-year-old victim permanently disfigured.
• The appeal bench has held off delivering its decision to reduce or uphold the sentences, with no date set for judgment.