Aaron Hernandez looses murder charge appeal

Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez has lost a bid to have his murder charge overturned.

The ex-New England Patriots tight end was found guilty of killing Odin Lloyd in 2013, but his attorney made a plea to Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh to reverse the jury's decision.

However, she wrote in the Hartford Courant: "Considering the evidence in the light most favourable to the Commonwealth (Hernandez), the court finds that a rational jury could find that the Commonwealth proved every essential element of the crimes charged in counts one and two beyond a reasonable doubt."

The 25-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment in April.