Cecilia Haddad murder: ex-boyfriend tells court that trip to Brazil planned in advance


Mario Marcelo Santoro flew to Rio on weekend mining executive’s body found in Sydney

Mario Marcelo Santoro, the man accused of murdering his Brazilian ex-girlfriend Cecilia Haddad in Sydney, spoke for the first time during a court hearing in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and told the court his trip back home to Brazil on the weekend of her death had been planned in advance.

But under direction from his lawyers, Santoro, 40, only answered questions from the defence, did not address the issue of his innocence or guilt, and declined to answer questions from the judge or prosecutors.

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