Mohammed Khan accused of beheading friend Syeid Alam on fishing trip is acquitted

A meatworker accused of beheading his former friend during a fishing trip has been acquitted after appealing his conviction.

Mohammed Khan had received a life sentence over the decapitation of Syeid Alam whose naked body was found next to a stream in Rockhampton on April 16, 2016.

His head was found nearby the following day.

Khan was found guilty in the Rockhampton Supreme Court in February, but the Queensland Appeal Court has overturned the conviction.

‘Entirely circumstantial’

The trial’s…