A man jailed for life for murdering an Oxford student to "vindicate his family's honour" is set to appeal against his conviction.
Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, 20, of Asquith Road, Rose Hill, Oxford, was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court in November 2005 of murdering Oxford Brookes University student Arash Ghorbani-Zarin.
Rahman was convicted of the killing along with his brother, Mamnoor Rahman, then 16 and father Chomir Ali, then 44.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 14 years behind bars.
Mr Ghorbani-Zarin, a former Cheney School pupil who lived in Normandy Crescent, Cowley, was stabbed 46 times in Rose Hill in November 2004.
Crown lawyers claimed the two sons killed him because of the "shame and dishonour" brought on their family by his relationship with their sister, Manna Begum.
Yesterday judges at the Court of Appeal granted Rahman leave to appeal against conviction. His barrister, Sasha Wass, argued there was not enough evidence that he was involved in the killing.
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