The 33-year-old butcher sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Christchurch sex worker Renee Duckmanton is appealing his conviction.
Sainey Marong was sentenced to a minimum non-parole period of 18 years in jail at the Christchurch High Court in April 2018.
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Ms Duckmanton, 22, was killed in May 2016 after being picked up from Manchester St in the city's red light district for a job worth $300.
She was strangled to death, and her body was left burning on the side of the road near the Rakaia River.
The Court of Appeal confirmed an appeal had been filed, but a date for the hearing is yet to be set, Court News reports.
It is understood Marong will represent himself at the appeal hearing.
During Marong's sentencing Justice Mander said he considered Marong's actions to be premeditated and predatory, and called it a "cold-blooded and cruel" murder.
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