Overview
- A five-day hearing in Wellington began Monday, with a decision expected by Friday.
- Brenton Tarrant addressed the Court of Appeal by video link from a high-security unit in Auckland.
- He argues the conditions were agonizing and inhuman and left him unable to enter a valid plea in 2020.
- If the conviction is upheld, the court plans a separate hearing later this year to consider a sentence appeal.
- If the plea is withdrawn, the case would be reheard on charges from the 2019 mosque attacks that killed 51 and injured dozens.