Brazilian man denies laundry row murder

  A Brazilian man accused of stabbing his housemate to death in a row about laundry denied murder today (mon). Jose Santana Benevides, 23, allegedly killed Valdir Pereira Olivio in an argument over the emptying of a washing machine on 5 September this year. Mr Olivio was knifed at the their home at (90) Pallet Grove, Wood Green, north London – which they shared with nine other housemates. The row broke out when the victim confronted Santana Benevides after finding…