Child killer Keli Lane loses appeal Keli Lane has lost her appeal. KELI Lane, who was jailed more than two years ago for the murder of her newborn baby, has lost her appeal against the conviction. The former elite water polo player was jailed in 2011 for at least 13 years and five months for the murder of two-day-old Tegan. Chief Justice Tim Bathurst, Justice Carolyn Simpson and Justice Christine Adamson handed down their decision on the appeal in Sydney. She then went to her parents' home before attending a wedding later that afternoon. Lane has always maintained she gave Tegan to the infant's father, with whom she had a brief affair and who she said was called Andrew Norris or Morris. Police investigations have failed to uncover either the father or the daughter. In July, the 38-year-old appealed her conviction on eight grounds, including that an alternative count of manslaughter should have been open to the jury. Lane had two terminations as a teenager and had kept three pregnancies and births secret from family and friends, adopting out two children. The crown contended Lane murdered Tegan because a child would have interfered with her sporting, sex and social life. Lane was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years for Tegan's murder.