Omar Benguit has now spent more than 16 years behind bars for her murder. Benguit faced three trials before he was finally convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court in January 2005. He has always maintained his innocence. Two attempts to challenge his conviction were dismissed by Court of Appeal judges, in 2005 and 2014, respectively. Now, as a new BBC Three television show,
Unsolved: An Alibi for Omar?, airs, it has been confirmed that efforts to launch a third appeal have been started.
STABBED IN THE STREET Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known to her friends as Oki, was stabbed three times while walking home in Charminster from a night out on July 12.
South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in 2002
A man jailed for nearly 20 years for a murder he says he did not commit hopes that new CCTV footage discovered by a BBC investigation will give him an alibi and clear his name.
South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in the street while walking home from a night out in Bournemouth in 2002.
Omar Benguit, 48, a heroin addict and petty crook, was tried three times for the killing and finally convicted in 2005 after a key prosecution witness, a prostitute and heroin addict known as BB, claimed that she had witnessed the murder.
Anger in Italy over plan to reopen church where murdered teenager s body was hidden for 17 years
Family of teenager who disappeared in 1993 accuse the Catholic Church of years of cover-up and collusion
Gildo and Filomena Claps, the brother and mother of murdered teenager Elisa
Credit: Rocco de Benedictis/ROPI
The family of a murdered Italian teenager whose body was stashed in a church garret and remained undetected for 17 years are objecting to the church being restored and reopened as a place of worship.
Relatives have accused the Catholic Church of covering up the murder of 16-year-old Elisa Claps, who was killed by Danilo Restivo, an acquaintance of hers, in the southern city of Potenza in 1993.