Convicted abductor Dick Headley has failed in his efforts to be granted legal aid.
In December Headley was ordered to serve 12 months' home detention and his daughter Kay Skelton was sentenced to nine months' home detention and 300 hours' community work after admitting a charge of abducting her son by Hamilton man Chris Jones.
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