Man accused of killing Gympie father in street faces court
Tylor “TJ” Bell died a week after he was brutally stabbed in Gympie on September 1, last year.
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THE man accused of stabbing a father-of-five to death at a Gympie intersection on Father’s Day last year is facing Gympie court today.
Alex Robert Smart, 27, is accused of murdering Tylor “TJ” Bell after an alleged brutal daylight stabbing at the intersection of the Gympie Highway and Monkland St on September 1 last year.
Mr Bell died from his injuries in Prince Charles Hospital on Sunday, September 8.
The Gympie man is also accused of possessing a knife in public on the same day as the alleged murder, and possessing a knife in public the day before, on August 31, as well as an explosives charge.
Mr Smart remains in custody and Magistrate Chris Callaghan adjourned the matter to August 17.
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