While the Hughes' appeal was dismissed, the court asked that allegations the 65-year-old had been ill-treated in prison be referred to the Minister and Commissioner for Corrective Services.
Outside court, lawyer Greg Walsh, said he welcomed the recommendation to review the treatment of his client while he is in custody.
"Any prisoner kept in conditions like Mr Hughes has been is a
matter of real concern," he said.
"He was physically assaulted on a number of occasions and he should
never have been treated that way."It's a place of punishment, prison, but it's not a place where people should be dealt with in the way that he was —
in such an inhumane way."
Mr Walsh said Hughes would now consider whether there were grounds to appeal to the High Court of Australia.
One of Hughes's victims was seven when she was indecently assaulted. Hughes put her hand on his genitals.his concern for his client....is all well and good...
but if you do the CRIME then you do the TIME...
his victims couldnt be protected...
???..
I think is poetic the way these people whine when they want protection..