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Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE man behind bars after two juries found him guilty of murdering his former boss has appealed his conviction amid claims a judge s direction was overly complicated . Businessman David Knyvett, 59, died of blunt force trauma after Kyle Robert Thompson, 32, beat him to death with an empty whiskey bottle. First responders were confronted with a grim scene when they found the 59-year-old bound by duct tape on the bathroom floor. He died after inhaling his own blood as a result of the severe injuries he suffered on November 15, 2015. At both trials Thompson admitted he killed Mr Knyvett, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and claimed he was provoked to kill the 59-year-old after an unwanted sexual advance tipped him over the edge after years of sexual abuse.
Overly complicated appeal after two murder convictions
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Jury finds North Queensland man Kyle Robert Thompson guilty of housemate s murder for second time
David Knyvett was killed in his Belgian Gardens home in November 2015.
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A Townsville man has been sentenced to life in prison for a second time over the brutal murder of his former housemate at a North Queensland home six years ago.
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A Townsville man has been found guilty of the murder of his former housemate in 2015
This is the second time Kyle Robert Thompson has been convicted, after his initial conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Justice Susan Brown sentenced the 32-year-old to life in prison
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Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE man has been sentenced to life in prison for the second time after a brutal and calculated murder. It is the second time a jury unanimously found Kyle Robert Thompson guilty of murdering businessman David Knyvett in the man s own Belgian Gardens home. Thompson claimed he was provoked to kill the 56-year-old after an unwanted sexual advance on the afternoon of November 15, 2015 tipped him over the edge after years of sexual abuse. A jury of nine women and three men spent the past week in Townsville s Supreme Court where they analysed the evidence before returning a guilty verdict after deliberating for about five hours, rejecting Thompson s claim he was provoked.