The second of two Saskatchewan lovers found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder is also appealing the conviction.

Curtis Vey’s legal team filed an application with Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal on Thursday — just days after Angela Nicholson submitted her appeal.

Vey and Nicholson were both found guilty in June of conspiring to kill their spouses, and the pair was sentenced earlier this month to three years in prison.

Vey’s lawyer — among several arguments listed in the appeal document — alleges the trial judge erred in his explanation of conspiracy to the jury and in his explanation of inferences. He claims the errors, specifically, left the jury to conclude a conspiracy occurred because a conversation about the death of Vey’s and Nicholson’s spouses occurred.

“This left the mistaken impression with the jury that because there were discussions by the accused about the possible death of their respective spouses you would then draw the inference that there was a conspiracy without considering all of the other facts and circumstances,” the appeal reads.

The appeal also argues the trial was not open and public because recordings played during the trial were inaudible to people in the courtroom’s gallery, and states the judge failed to look into an alleged conversation a juror had on the day the verdict was announced.

Vey’s appeal also accuses the judge of giving different instructions to the jury than those given to legal teams on both sides. The judge told Crown prosecutors and defence teams at the beginning of the trial that if Vey is found guilty, Nicholson must also be guilty, or vice versa, but then instructed the jury differently after the trial’s closing arguments, according to the appeal. This affected how the defence team’s evidence and final arguments were presented, the appeal argues.

Nicholson’s appeal motion, filed earlier this week, alleged the judge didn’t properly emphasize to the jury they must find the accused guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that they can find the accused guilty of a lesser crime — among other arguments.

Both appeal motions were submitted alongside bail applications. Both Vey and Nicholson are requesting they be released while their appeals are handled.

Vey’s bail hearing is set for Sept. 28, and a judge has since reserved his decision on Nicholson’s bail.