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Tourist to appeal over Goa murder Adrian Duggan and Catherine Campbell Adrian Duggan was convicted of Catherine Campbell's murder A holidaymaker from south Wales sentenced to life in India for murdering his girlfriend is to appeal against his conviction. Adrian Duggan, 37, from Blaina, was found guilty last week of killing Catherine Campbell, 43, from Taunton, Somerset, on Christmas Day 2003 in Goa. A court in Goa found Duggan had stabbed Ms Campbell with a pair of scissors. Duggan claimed the pair had been attacked by an intruder and his family said on Tuesday that he would appeal. Mother-of-four Ms Campbell was found with neck and chest wounds at the guest house in which she was staying with Duggan in the resort of Vagator, Goa, early hours on Christmas Day, 2003. The sessions court in Panaji, Goa, court found last week that the pair had a drunken row after returning to their guest house and Duggan stabbed her to death with a pair of blunt scissors. 'Maintained innocence' Duggan, who was also injured when found by police, denied murder and claimed that both he and Ms Campbell were assaulted by a late-night intruder. A statement released on behalf of the Duggan family by legal advice group Fair Trials Abroad said: "Adrian will appeal against the verdict as he has always maintained his innocence and will continue to do so as he has not committed any crime. Beach in Goa The couple arrived in Goa shortly before Christmas 2003 "There will be no justice for Catherine Campbell while Adrian is wrongly convicted." Sabine Zanker, of Fair Trials Abroad, said she believed he had a strong case for an appeal. She added: "I have heard from the family who were out there and they were astonished about the guilty verdict. "I'm confident we can have a successful appeal but I cannot say anything more until I have seen all the documents from the trial. "Adrian's brother and mother are currently out in India and that is of great comfort to him." Ms Campbell, a grandmother, grew up in Taunton, Somerset, and had been living with Duggan in Blaina for several months before the pair went on holiday to India. A spokeswoman for Ms Campbell's family said last week after hearing of Duggan's conviction that justice had been done. She added: "We have been the victims in this because we have lost a grandmother, mother, daughter and best friend, so it is hard for all of us."