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EXCLUSIVEKnifeman who stabbed South Korean student to death while she walked home from night out in 2002 is refused parole amid fears he still poses a risk to the public - despite his claims he is innocent

A man jailed for the horrific murder of a South Korean student who was stabbed while walking home from a night out has been refused parole after it was ruled he still poses a risk to the public - despite the killer insisting he is innocent.

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.