A 28-YEAR-OLD man accused of murdering his flatmate before setting fire to the body is facing a retrial.
Michael Rogers-Wilson is accused of beating Brett Youngs to death with a baseball bat after a row at their flat in Northbrook Road, Lee.
He then allegedly set fire to the body of the 30-year-old club DJ before fleeing the flat after the argument, on May 27, 2003.
A previous Old Bailey trial collapsed in November last year after a jury failed to reach a verdict.
Rogers-Wilson, from Surrey, denies murder and has been ordered to stand trial again at the same court on May 8.
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