Police seek retrial of man under state’s double-jeopardy laws
Queensland’s double jeopardy provisions will be enacted for the second time as police seek to have a man re-tried for a 2009 murder.
File image of a young person being taken into custody by police. (ABC image)
Detectives reopened the investigation after receiving fresh and compelling evidence in December 2022.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on Monday was charged a second time over the death.
It is only the second time in Queensland the double jeopardy legislation will be exercised.
Application has been made to the Queensland Court of Appeal to apply for a previously acquitted person to be retried for the offence of murder.
Police Detective Inspector Chris Knight said this arrest showed the persistence of investigators to achieve justice for victims of crime.
