THE CASE SO FAR

❚ August 2000: Christine and Amber Lundy are found brutally murdered in their Palmerston North home.

❚ February 2001: Lundy is arrested and charged with murdering his wife and daughter.

❚ March 2002: Lundy is found guilty of both murders after a trial in the High Court in Palmerston North.

❚ April 2002: Lundy is jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years.

❚ August 2002: The Crown and defence both appeal. Lundy’s convictions are upheld and his minimum term is raised to 20 years.

❚ December 2002: Coroner Graham Hubbard rules that Christine and Amber Lundy died of head injuries inflicted by Mark Lundy.

❚ November 2012: Lundy’s new legal team lodges the papers with the Privy Council.

❚ February 2013: The Privy Council announces it will hear the appeal.

❚ June 2013: Judges reserve their decision.

❚ October 2013: Lundy’s convictions are quashed, with the Privy Council ruling he should face retrial as soon as possible.

❚ February 2015: Lundy’s retrial begins in the High Court in Wellington.

❚ April 1, 2015: Lundy is again found guilty of the murders, and his life sentence with a 20-year minimum term is reimposed.

❚ May 2015: Lundy files his notice of appeal, saying the case against him was one of the most scientifically complex in New Zealand history.

❚ August 2017: Letters Lundy penned while in prison are published online, in which he proclaims his innocence.

❚ October 17, 2017: Lundy’s Court of Appeal hearing is scheduled to begin.