Appeal date set for mum of tragic Fife toddler Liam Fee
It's to take place on the 31st of January.
A senior judge has set a date for the mum of tragic Fife toddler Liam Fee to appeal against her conviction for murder.
Lawyers acting for Rachel Fee, 31, will address the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh on January 31 2017.
Lord Turnbull took the decision to fix the hearing for next month following a short hearing at the court earlier.
Judge Lord Burns jailed Fee for 23 and a half years for murdering her two-year-old son following proceedings at the High Court in Edinburgh in July 2016.
Her civil partner Nyomi,24, was jailed for 24 years for her role in taking Liam's life.
Now, lawyers acting for Fee are set to argue can argue that Lord Burns made mistakes when addressing jurors about the law.
They say the errors are so serious as to make Ms Fee's conviction unsafe.
Lord Turnbull said: "I will set the date for the hearing in this case for January 31."