Mistrial declared in case of man accused of attacking a sex-worker with her stiletto before slitting her throat in hotel room

  • The Supreme Court jury was discharged on Friday morning 
  • Piao is accused of murdering sex worker Ting Fang in 2015 
  • A new jury will be sworn in on Monday morning

By Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 10:11 EST, 13 May 2016 | Updated: 12:54 EST, 13 May 2016

A mistrial was declared on Friday morning in the case of a man accused of murdering sex worker Ting Fang at an Adelaide hotel on New Year's Eve.

Justice David Lovell told the Supreme Court jury they had been discharged and a new jury will take their place at the commencement of Piao's retrial, on Monday morning.

Chungaung Piao, 28, stands accused of attacking Ting Fang, 25, with her stiletto before slitting her throat with a razor blade.

The married father denies the charges. 

Ting Fang's lifeless body was found wrapped in a bed sheet in the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Adelaide

Ting Fang's lifeless body was found wrapped in a bed sheet in the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Adelaide

Chungaung Piao, a 28-year-old married father from Adelaide, denies the charges

Chungaung Piao, a 28-year-old married father from Adelaide, denies the charges

Prosecutors allege Ms Fang was found in the Hotel Grand Chancellor after water flooded from the room she was working out of.

South Australia police arrived to find the young woman’s body wrapped in bedsheets.

The reasons for the mistrial have been suppressed until Justice Lovell reaches a verdict in the retrial.

The alarm was raised after her room began to flood on New Years Day 2015

The alarm was raised after her room began to flood on New Years Day 2015

The jury has been discharged from the Supreme Court in Adelaide, and a retrial will begin on Monday

The jury has been discharged from the Supreme Court in Adelaide, and a retrial will begin on Monday