Article 4MPEP Prosecutors seek retrial for man acquitted of woman's 1980s Brisbane stabbing

Prosecutors seek retrial for man acquitted of woman's 1980s Brisbane stabbing

by
Australian Associated Press
from World news | The Guardian on (#4MPEP)

Man who jury found not guilty of murdering woman in her bed could be retried under Queensland's double-jeopardy laws

Prosecutors want a man acquitted of stabbing a woman to death in her Brisbane home in the 1980s to be retried for her murder.

A jury found the man not guilty of murdering the woman at a previous trial, but he was arrested and charged with her murder again in July last year.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.theguardian.com/theguardian/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026
Reply 0 comments