 Button's appeal was allowed on 25 February 2002.The appeal judges' decision was based on fresh forensic evidence obtained by the publisher of "Broken Lives", journalist and Post Newspapers publisher Bret Christian, which suggested that Button's vehicle was not involved in Ms Anderson's death (a central part of the prosecution case).The success of Button's appeal raised doubts about the Court of Criminal Appeal's reasons for rejecting Cooke's confession in Beamish's 1964 appeal.