Lloyd Rayney and Corryn Rayney Photo: Supplied
The murder case against prominent Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney will not be appealed to the High Court.
Mr Rayney was cleared last November of murdering his estranged wife Corryn Rayney in 2007 following a highly publicised three-month trial.
Prosecutors appealed, claiming there were errors of law in the judgment by former Northern Territory chief justice Brian Martin, who concluded Ms Rayney was randomly attacked outside her home.
Lloyd Rayney flocked by the media after his not guilty verdict in November. Photo: AAP/Richard Wainwright
But the West Australian Court of Appeal last month dismissed an appeal against the verdict.
On Friday, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Lloyd Babb SC, who was appointed by the WA government to conduct the prosecution of Mr Rayney, announced he would not take the appeal further.
"Mr Babb will not seek special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia from the decision of the Western Australian Court of Appeal in the matter, dismissing the appeal against the acquittal entered by the trial judge," the statement says.
Corryn Rayney disappeared on August 7, 2007 after her weekly bootscooting class and was found days later in a bush grave at Perth's popular Kings Park.
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