Brazil Fugitive convicted of Peter Blake's death re-captured after 16 years José Irandir Cardoso was one of six convicted over killing of leading sailor in Brazil in 2001 Brazilian military police with José Irandir Cardoso – the man convicted over the death of yachtsman Sir Peter Blake. Photograph: APBrazilian police on a remote Amazon river island have arrested a man involved in the murder of round-the-world sailor Sir Peter Blake in 2001. José Irandir Cardoso had been a fugitive for the last 16 years, after escaping from prison in 2002. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sir Peter Blake, who was murdered in Brazil in 2001. Irandir Cardoso was one of the gang of six sentenced for the killing in 2002 but had been on the run since then.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 00:14 UTC