A killer who took part in a frenzied chopping attack in which 162 wounds were inflicted upon the victim failed to have his life sentence set aside by the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Gurcharan Singh, 21, claimed the judge at his trial should have given the jury the option of finding him guilty of the less serious charge of manslaughter.
He also argued that part of his video-recorded confession and a filmed reconstruction of the crime came as the result of a police officer telling him his co-operation would be taken into consideration when he was sentenced.
Mr Justice Barry Mortimer said trial judge Mr Justice Frank Stock had been entitled not to ask the jury to consider manslaughter and had been right to allow Singh's confession to go before the jury.
The appeal against the murder conviction was dismissed by Mr Justice Mortimer, Mr Justice Noel Power and Mr Justice Benjamin Liu Tsz-ming.
Singh took part in the killing of Tanveer Hussain, 22, at his Mongkok flat as part of a Pakistani blood feud on December 17, 1995.
