Justine Damond shooting: murder conviction 'debased justice system', Mohamed Noor claims

Former US police officer’s lawyers say ‘the state sought to deny Noor even the ability to defend himself’

The former US police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Ruszczyk Damond in an alley behind her Minneapolis home in July 2017 claims his murder conviction “debased the criminal justice system”.

Mohamed Noor, who is serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence after a Minneapolis jury found him guilty a year ago of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, filed an appeal on Friday.

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