The jury in the retrial of two brothers accused of murdering Mario Miller heard emotional testimony yesterday from the victim's father.

Businessman and former Member of Parliament Leslie Miller was one of three prosecution witnesses to take the stand yesterday, as the trial into his son's death opened in Supreme Court.

Mario Miller, 28, was found dead with multiple stab and chop wounds about his body in bushes near the Super Value food store in Winton.

Brothers Ricardo Miller alias 'Tamar Lee' and Ryan Miller alias 'Manny' are charged with Mario's murder.

Mr Miller sobbed on the witness stand yesterday when questioned by lead prosecutor Cheryl Grant-Bethell about learning of his son's death.

He said he last saw his son on June 21, 2002, and that Mario owned a green and gold Infiniti SUV. He recalled that his son had complained of a foot injury. A tearful Mr Miller told the court that when he arrived at the scene where his son's body had been discovered, the ambulance had already taken him to the hospital. Mr Miller said at the hospital, he saw his son lying on a stretcher with "a lot of stab wounds."

Detective Sergeant James Colebrook, a crime scene investigator, was the first witness to take the stand yesterday.

He told the court that while on duty at the Criminal Records Office on June 22, 2002, he and DC 1824 Anderson, acting on information, travelled to the Super Value food store in Winton.

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