A second man charged with murder after a decomposing body was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin in suburban Brisbane is expected to appear in court.

December 4, 2018

A second man is expected to appear in a Brisbane court after being charged with murder following the grisly discovery of a decomposing body in a wheelie bin.

On Monday, Adam John Charles Evans, 30, of Yeronga, was charged with murdering Kym Mitchell on November 26, six days before Mr Mitchell’s body was discovered in the bin at the apartment complex where Evans lived.

He appeared briefly in Brisbane Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody to reappear in the same court on January 21.

A 38-year-old man who has also been charged with Mr Mitchell’s murder is expected to appear in the same court, 

The dead man is understood to have been 61 years old and lived near where his body was found on Saturday.

Evans, whose head was roughly and partially shaved, was not required to speak during his court appearance. He stood in the dock behind glass wearing a green tracksuit with his shoulders slumped forward.

No details of the alleged offence were read out in court, but police earlier said the victim was found in a bin outside a unit complex in Yeronga on Saturday night after residents complained of a terrible smell.

Detective Inspector Mark Thompson described the discovery of the partially decomposed body as “horrific” for the officers involved.

After making the grim find, police said they were looking for two men, aged 38 and 30, and two women, aged 27 and 23.

All four were located, and Evans and the 38-year-old man have been charged.

The younger woman is still being questioned while the 27-year-old woman has been released without charge.