Wrongfully jailed woman Roseanne Beckett wins right to sue A woman wrongly jailed for trying to murder her husband has won the right to appeal for compensation. Roseanne Beckett is overwhelmed as she leaves High Court after today's victory in Canberra. A WOMAN jailed for ten years for trying to poison her husband has won a High Court victory in her bid to sue the NSW government for malicious prosecution. Roseanne Beckett was convicted of eight offences in 1991 against her husband Barry Catt, a panel beater from Taree on the NSW north coast. The convictions included attempted murder, and Ms Beckett served nearly 10 years of a 12-year jail term before a judicial inquiry found she had been set up. In August 2005 the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed some of her convictions and ordered a retrial, but the Crown opted not to proceed. Three years later, Ms Beckett instituted proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court seeking damages for malicious prosecution. However, the court ruled that under a 90-year-old legal; precedent, Ms Beckett first had to prove her innocence. The High Court today overturned that precedent by finding that a plaintiff is "not required to prove his or her innocence in an action for damages for malicious prosecution in any case in which the prosecution has terminated favourably to the plaintiff." The High Court granted leave for Ms Beckett to appeal against the road block imposed by the NSW Supreme Court, awarding her costs. Leaving the court, Ms Beckett said she was "elated." I'm overjoyed. Words fail me at the moment. I just thank every Australian," she said. Her supporters appealed to NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell to award Ms Beckett compensation for her time in prison. Ms Beckett said she would be "fighting on right 'til the end." NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith said Ms Beckett's case for malicious prosecution would now resume. He described the case as ``substantive" and said it would likely be heard some time next year. "Since this matter is before the court, it is inappropriate to comment further," he said in a statement.