Death row British gran Linda Carty, 57, LOSES latest appeal against execution for murdering her neighbour in Texas 15 years ago
The grandmother was convicted and condemned for the murder of Joana Rodriguez and kidnapping her four-day-old son in 2001
A BRIT gran has had her latest appeal against her death sentence dismissed by a Texas court in the USA.
Linda Carty has been on death row since 2002 after she was convicted and condemned for the murder of her neighbour, Joana Rodriguez, and kidnapping her four-day-old son the year before.
The 57-year-old was previously granted the chance for her case to be reviewed after lawyers claimed to have unearthed new evidence, saying prosecutors coerced witnesses into giving false evidence at her trial.
Carty has been on death row for the last 14 years with her case being the topic of several documentaries.
Celebrities such as Bianca Jagger have championed her cause over that time.
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The British citizen, by virtue of her birth on St Kitts when it was still a British colony, has always protested her innocence of the crime.
She was convicted of commissioning three men to kidnap and murder her neighbour in a plot to steal her son.
The case has been controversial given the lack of any forensic evidence against her and the fact her lawyer at trial spent just two weeks preparing.
But a district court judge dismissed her appeal that they engaged in misconduct or hid information which may have changed the outcome of the trial.
Responding to the decision, minister for the Americas Sir Alan Duncan said: "I am disappointed by the decision to dismiss Linda Carty's latest appeal.
"The British Government is deeply opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.
"We have long held concerns about the handling of Ms Carty's case and will continue to raise these with the relevant authorities.
"We will continue to provide assistance to Ms Carty and her family."
Carty, from the British Virgin Islands, had lived in Houston for nearly 20 years.
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