An emotionally draining legal battle for a woman whose husband was beaten severely ten years ago may get a little longer. Lesley Miller just found out that her husband's attacker, Leo Teskey is appealing his dangerous offender status.
"Every appeal he has and every parole hearing, I'll be there as long as I'm alive I'll be there," said Lesley Miller.
It was only two months ago that a judge approved the Crown's application for a dangerous offender status for Teskey who was convicted of beating Dougald Miller into a vegetative state.
Lesley says she just returned home from Scotland to get an e-mail from the appeal and prosecution branch dated back in August.
Teskey submitted a hand-written notice of appeal claiming the trial judge erred on a number of legal points and did not properly consider some of the defence evidence or disregarded it.
Teskey also argues he should have been handed a a long-term offender status instead of a dangerous offender status so he could have served a sentence for the assault and then been released into the community under provisions for up to a decade.
Dougald's wife insists she will do whatever is necessary to support her husband of 28 years.
"I'm doing this because I love my husband and I'm broken-hearted seeing him the way he is and I want that man to pay. I'm telling Mr. Teskey that he picked on the wrong victim this time, I will not give up," she said.
Lesley tells CTV News Teskey does not have a lawyer yet. It's still unclear if this will actually make it to court.
Over the past decade since Teskey was charged with aggravated assault in the beating of Dougald, there have been multiple trials, appeals, including one to the Supreme Court of Canada, three changes of lawyers, and changes of election.
