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Third person charged with perverting course of justice in Neill-Fraser murder appeal

A third person charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to the last-chance appeal of convicted Hobart killer Susan Neill-Fraser has been granted bail.

Jeffrey Ian Thompson, 51, appeared in the Magistrates Court in Hobart Wednesday afternoon, without entering a plea.

Police alleged the Sandy Bay man attempted to pervert the course of justice by deliberately influencing a witness to manufacture evidence at the appeal, which is before the Supreme Court.

Neill-Fraser, 61, is serving a 23-year jail term for murdering her partner, Bob Chappell, on board their yacht, moored off Sandy Bay in 2009.

A 57-year-old Risdon Vale man was charged on Monday and last week, Karen Patricia Nancy Keefe appeared in court charged with corrupting a witness and perverting the course of justice.

Thompson will reappear in court in September.

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