Mohammed Khan is accused of decapitating Syeid Alam while the men were fishing on the Fitzroy River over his anger at an explicit photograph of Mr Khan's wife, the Supreme Court in Rockhampton is told.
A Supreme Court jury in central Queensland has heard Mohammed Khan murdered Syeid Alam over an alleged affair between the deceased's brother and Khan's wife.He says the wife of the accused allegedly had an affair with Mr Alam's brotherMr Alam's headless body was found on Rockhampton's Fitzroy River in April 2016.In his opening statement on Monday morning, crown prosecutor Joshua Phillips told the court Mr Alam's head was found"wrapped" in a pair of jeans.
"Khan was a friend, at least to the casual observer, but the catalyst for this killing started a few months before," Mr Phillips said. "It was the sort of special relationship which brings marriages undone, the sort of relationship that turns some men to violence.
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