More than a year after her 20 year sentence murder conviction, the Court of Appeal has granted Donna Vasyli a retrial.

The Australian native was found responsible for the March 2015 murder of her husband, podiatrist Philip Vasyli.

Appearing yesterday morning before Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, Justices Stephen Isaacs and Maureen Crane-Scott, was 57 –year-old Vasyli represented by her attorney Murrio Ducille.

Immediately after her conviction over a year ago, the widow had expressed that she felt betrayed by the jury.

Meanwhile, the decision to grant Vasyli’s retrial was not unanimous.

Justice Crane-Scott expressed that she felt the case should not have gone to the jury in the first instance.

She purported that the evidence against the appellant is so weak and inconclusive that it is not in the interests of justice to order a new trial.

“I am satisfied that despite the seriousness of these offence, the prevalence of murder in this jurisdiction and the interest of persons in this community in knowing that persons who are guilty of serious crimes are brought to justice and should not escape it, the evidence against the appellant is so weak and inconclusive that it is not in the interests of justice to order a new trial and I decline to do so,” Justice Crane-Scott said.

“In summary, like the majority, I too would allow the appeal, quash the appellant’s conviction for murder together with her sentence and direct a judgment and verdict of acquittal to be entered. In the result, the respondent’s cross-appeal is also dismissed.

“However, for all the foregoing reasons, I would not order a new trial.”

World renowned, 59-year-old doctor Philip Vasyli was found brutally stabbed at the Australian couple’s Old Fort Bay mansion back on March 24, 2015.