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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/journalist-castrated-with-corkscrew.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Renato Seabra, 21, appears at Manhattan Supreme court accused of killing of Portuguese celebrity TV journalist Carlos Castro, 65" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-journalist-castrated-with-corkscrew.jpg" alt="Renato Seabra, 21, appears at Manhattan Supreme court accused of killing of Portuguese celebrity TV journalist Carlos Castro, 65"/></a></p>
<p>A Portuguese model accused of killing a celebrity journalist in a New York hotel admitted brutally attacking him for more than an hour and castrating him with a corkscrew, prosecutors have said.</p>
<p>Renato Seabra also stabbed Carlos Castro in the face, slammed a computer monitor into his head and stamped on his face, Manhattan State Supreme Court was told.</p>
<p>Seabra, 21, remained silent during his arraignment and his lawyer entered a not-guilty plea to second-degree murder on his behalf.</p>
<p>Court papers presented by prosecutors described a statement police said Seabra gave after the January 7 death of Mr Castro, 65, a well-known Portuguese TV journalist, while the two were on holiday in Manhattan.</p>
<p>The account depicted an argument in a hotel room that turned vicious and escalated into a prolonged frenzy, with Seabra first choking his companion, then stabbing him with a corkscrew in his face and groin. Seabra also admitted to hitting Mr Castro on the head with a computer monitor and stamping on his face while wearing shoes, the papers said.</p>
<p>The city medical examiner said Mr Castro died of head injuries and strangulation.</p>
<p>Defence lawyer David Touger said after the hearing that he and his client planned a &#8220;vigorous defence&#8221; and hoped for a positive outcome. Seabra will remain in custody at Bellevue Hospital until the parties return to court on March 4 for motions.</p>
<p>Friends in New York have said Mr Castro and Seabra were a couple. But Seabra&#8217;s mother told Portugal&#8217;s TVIndependente television network that her son was not gay and &#8220;was not Carlos Castro&#8217;s lover&#8221;.</p>
<p>Seabra was a contestant last year on a Portuguese TV show called A Procura Do Sonho &#8211; Pursuit Of A Dream &#8211; which hunts for modelling talent.</p>
<p>He did not win the show but gained a modelling contract with an agency founded by fashion designer Fatima Lopes, who developed the show and was a judge.</p>
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