From memory: In the trial that Cardiff lost, the French Judge established as matters of fact that Agent McKay did work for Nantes, but not full time. Sala had asked if anyone could arrange a quicker transfer to Cardiff (avoiding the joys of Parisian airports) and he was pointed at McKay who arranged the flight with David Henderson. The Judge decided that there was no evidence that Nantes were involved in the transaction, approved of it or paid for it. It was McKay doing 'other work'' from their perspective. Also there was no evidence that Cardiff knew what was being done, they had arranged a safe boring trip with scheduled airlines. The verdict was that Cardiff's lad got himself killed dealing with chancers, which looks right.
McKay was stitched up because Henderson, who was competent and was supposed to do the flight, passed the job on to Ibbotson, who wasn't.
Unless Cardiff have significant new evidence, a memo, an email, a receipt, the Appeal is just time wasting. In that case it is probably unwise. UK Judges give you a rough time if you waste their time with spurious hearings (Harry Markle take note), the French even more so. [Post edited 20 Jul 21:03]
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