SA: Lawyers for detainee children appeal court decision
ADELAIDE, Aug 12 AAP - Lawyers for five children held in an Australian detention centrewill appeal a court ruling refusing to release them.
Family Court Justice Steven Strickland last week found a case existed that the childrenwere being detained unlawfully.
But he rejected an application to release the two boys and three girls, aged betweenfive and 15, on an interim basis before a full trial of their case next month.
A lawyer for the children, Jeremy Moore, said an appeal against Justice Strickland'sruling would be lodged with the Full Court of the Family Court.
The children are being detained at the Baxter detention centre in South Australia's north.
"We think we've got an excellent chance in the court being able to release these children,"
Mr Moore told ABC radio.
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