Tense scenes and high drama outside the Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne as the Court of Appeal upheld former Cardinal George Pell's previous conviction and sends him back to jail.

In this Please Explain Extra our producer David Estcourt talks to reporters Chip Le Grand and Tom Cowie as Australia's most notorious and controversial inmate made his bid for freedom.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historic child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction. It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

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Tense scenes and high drama outside the Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne as the Court of Appeal upheld former Cardinal George Pell's previous conviction and sends him back to jail.
In this Please Explain Extra our producer David Estcourt talks to reporters Chip Le Grand and Tom Cowie as Australia's most notorious and controversial inmate made his bid for freedom.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historic child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction. It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.
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