Cecília Haddad’s ex-partner sentenced to 27 years’ jail in Brazil after confessing to 2018 murder in Sydney

Mario Marcelo Santoro confessed to killing his former girlfriend in Australia only after extensive evidence was produced against him, judge says

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A Brazillian federal court has sentenced engineer Mario Marcelo Santoro to 27 years in prison, after he confessed to the 2018 murder of former girlfriend Cecilia Haddad in Australia.

Santoro, today in his mid-40s, was convicted of aggravated homicide, asphyxiation, femicide and concealment of a corpse.

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