The parents of a New Zealand man killed when he was pushed out of the second-storey window of a Perth pub fear having to relive their trauma if their son's killer is granted a retrial.
Former bouncer Stefan Pahia Schmidt, 26, was sentenced last year to a minimum 14 years in prison after being found guilty in the Supreme Court of Western Australia of murdering Kiwi musician Andy Marshall.
Schmidt admitted pushing Mr Marshall through the window of a Perth pub in May 2011 but denied he intended to kill him.
Marshall's father, Alan, flew to Perth on Friday for a hearing in the Court of Appeal. His mother, Wendy, who listened to the hearing online from the family home in Napier, said the appeal justices indicated there were flaws in the prosecution case.
There was a chance Schmidt could face a retrial or be sentenced on a reduced charge of manslaughter.
"You feel like you try and live beyond what actually happened and then when things like (the appeal) happen it's like you're being pulled back to when it happened," Wendy Marshall said.