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| A man jailed for murdering a Korean student has had his conviction upheld at the Court of Appeal. | A man jailed for murdering a Korean student has had his conviction upheld at the Court of Appeal. |
| Omar Benguit, from Bournemouth, Dorset, was jailed in 2005 for the murder of Jong-Ok Shin three years earlier. | Omar Benguit, from Bournemouth, Dorset, was jailed in 2005 for the murder of Jong-Ok Shin three years earlier. |
| He had claimed double-murderer Danilo Restivo could be the real culprit but earlier judges at the Court of Appeal disagreed. | |
| Another claim was that a prosecution witness who later appeared on a TV chat show contradicted her trial evidence. | |
| Restivo who murdered Bournemouth mother-of-two Heather Barnett in 2002 and 16-year-old Elisa Claps in his native Italy in 1993, became known as the "hair in hands" killer after he admitted having a hair-cutting fetish. | |
| Jong Ok-Shin, known as "Oki", was found slumped on a pavement after having been stabbed three times in the back as she walked home from a night out with friends in Bournemouth in July 2002. | |
| She died at Poole General Hospital from her injuries. | |
| The 26-year-old had arrived in the UK in November 2001 and was studying languages in the town. | |
| Benguit has consistently argued his innocence and his family have fought an ongoing battle to prove he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice. | |
| He was found guilty at his third trial after two previous juries failed to reach a verdict. |