Terry Driver loses appeal of murder conviction

The man known as the "Abbotsford Killer" has lost his appeal of his conviction for the 1995 murder of Tanya Smith, and the attempted murder of Misty Cockerill.

Terry Driver is currently serving a life sentence and a 10-year sentence for his attack on the two Fraser Valley teenagers.

His lawyer, Greg Delbigio, argued on Monday that the original trial judge ignored key expert evidence about several disorders that Driver suffers from, including attention deficit disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Delbigio also says if the evidence had been considered properly, his client would have been acquitted.

However, the three-judge B.C. Court of Appeal panel took less than five minutes to reject Driver's appeal, saying it had no merit.

Delbigio says Driver still maintains that he did not kill Smith or try to kill Cockerill, and that he came upon their badly beaten bodies.

Driver himself was not present at today's hearing.