CALGARY — A man convicted of killing a Calgary Stampeders football player is appealing both his conviction and his sentence. Nelson Lugela was found guilty earlier this year of second-degree murder in the death of Mylan Hicks. “I feel that the trial judge neglected his powers and wrongfully convicted me beyond reasonable doubt,” Lugela writes in his appeal notice. Court heard Lugela and two other young men jumped into an SUV and sped away. Several witnesses identified Lugela as the man holding the gun.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 18:56 UTC