Murder retrial ordered over killing of man in CBD A man accused of murdering his housemate in 2014 has been granted a retrial in a bombshell appeal. Crime by Shayla Bulloch Premium Content Subscriber only A Townsville man accused of murdering his housemate in 2014 has been granted a retrial in a bombshell appeal. Mark Anthony Smith had his murder conviction set aside on Wednesday after a successful appeal in the Supreme Court of Queensland. Smith was found guilty in 2019 of strangling his roommate, Bradley Lester, to death over a 20-minute period, and leaving his body in long grass at a Stuart St cutting in April, 2014.