Queensland's first retrial for murder ordered under double jeopardy laws

Key points

• Queensland's Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial of a man previously acquitted of murder, the first such order in the state under double jeopardy laws. The man cannot be legally identified.
• Prosecutors argued fresh evidence, including two alleged confessions, justified the retrial over the alleged 2009 killing of a man in Logan. The court found the confessions placed the man at the scene and that a fair trial was likely.
• The retrial order follows the state's second use of the laws since they were introduced in 2014.