A man handed a life sentence for murdering a Nelson chef during a cowardly random attack in Cairns has lost his bid for an appeal.
Jack Livingstone, 22, was found guilty of murdering Kiwi Philip Quayle in what was described by locals as the most brutal random attack to happen on the city's CBD streets.
The 27-year-old Kiwi was found dead on the footpath just hours after Livingstone was freed from jail for a previous crime.
In a conversation played in court, Livingstone discussed the murder and how it had happened just after his release on parole.
"How's that, got out for two days, go kill someone and come back," the Cairns Post quoted him.