Complex sentence: Under French law, they had an automatic right to appeal their conviction, which results in a retrial of the case; and on February 4,2009, Lady Shaftesbury appeared in a court in southern France to appeal her conviction.
Split into simpler sentences: Under French law, they had an automatic right to appeal their conviction, which results in a retrial of the case. On 4 February 2009, she appeared in a court in southern France to appeal her conviction.