Brazilian murderer fails in appeal

A Brazilian man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing his flatmate more than 40 times after an argument over her relationships with other men has failed in an appeal against his conviction.

Marcio Goncalves da Silva (aged 32) had pleaded not guilty to murdering separated mother Joselita Dos Anjos Figueiredo Perieria Da Silva, to whom he was not related, on October 22, 2009.