THE family of a convicted wife murderer shouted "you're so wrong" as Court of Appeal judges rejected his claim an intruder had killed her.

Evans was 35 when he was convicted by a jury at Worcester Crown Court in November 2013 for the murder of 32-year-old mother-of-three, Louise Evans.

He was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 17 years, with the judge describing the murder as a callous and deliberate killing.

Louise was found dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Kidderminster home on July 2012.

The couple had been married for 12 years but Louise discovered Evans, who worked in Droitwich, was having an affair, Lady Justice Rafferty told London's Appeal Court on Wednesday, (December 16).

Mrs Evans had 49 separate injuries, many consistent with falling down stairs, but one to an eye socket indicated a punch or kick, said the judge.

The prosecution case was that Evans caused his wife to fall and then either smothered her to death or left her to die.

He denied killing her, insisting he had fallen asleep on the sofa watching television before discovering her at the bottom of the stairs.

But examination of his mobile phone and television set-top box showed both were in use during the time Evans said he was asleep, the judge said.

Evans barrister, Thomas Schofield, said the jury had been presented with a 'binary choice' - either Evans' had killed his wife or it was a 'tragic accident'.

Mr Schofield said there was evidence - including text messages and an anonymous letter - supporting a 'third scenario' - that Mrs Evans 'died at the hands of a third party or intruder'.

"The issue is whether this conviction remains safe in the light of the potential third scenario, which the jury never heard," said Mr Schofield.

But Lady Justice Rafferty, sitting with Mrs Justice Cox and Sir John Royce, told the court: "We disagree."

She said the material placed before the court could not be viewed as fresh evidence and went "nowhere near" undermining the safety of the jury's verdict.

Family and friends of Evans' in the public gallery shouted, "you're so wrong, you're so wrong" as the judge ruled: "This application is rejected."

Outside court, Mr Schofield said it was likely Evans will now take his case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission - an independent body that investigates suspected miscarriages of justice.

Evans' family has also posted a message on the Facebook group 'I'm backing Al' describing their disappointment.

"We are truly and utterly heartbroken," it said.

"We always knew that today was going to be an extremely hard battle but never thought for one minute it would be this hard.

"We may have lost this battle but believe me the war is no means lost yet."