The man convicted of the murder of social worker Ida James is expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this week to challenge that conviction.

Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of killing Ms James, who was found dead in her home on September 2, 2011. During his Supreme Court trial, the court heard that she had been stabbed around 60 times.

He was initially ordered to serve a minimum of 23 years before becoming eligible for parole, but that sentence was reduced as a result of a 2013 ruling by the Privy Council, which found that the maximum minimum sentence for murder was 15 years. Legislation has since been put in place to give judges greater range in determining minimum sentences.

Simpson is one of several people set to appear before the Court of Appeal this month as part of the court’s three-week November session.

Also scheduled to appear is Noet Barnett, who is appealing against both his conviction for the attempted murder of Jeremiah Dill and his 25-year prison sentence.

During his trial, prosecutors alleged that Barnett shot Mr Dill in broad daylight as the victim chatted with friends outside the One Stop grocery store on Parsons Road, Pembroke, around 10am on October 4, 2010. He suffered one gunshot wound to each thigh and one to his buttock as he ran away.

The shooting was described as a gang-related revenge attack in response to the murders of several of Barnett’s cousins. While Barnett himself was the godfather to Mr Dill’s child, he told police they had not spoken since a “war” between gang factions broke out.

Meanwhile, Stacey Robinson, who was found guilty by a jury of wounding Lionel Thomas Jr in a shooting in St David’s, is set to appeal that conviction.

He was last month sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the shooting, while Dill was sentenced to nine years.