A person charged with the homicide of an aged grandfather whereas bare alongside a well-liked vacationer strip has had his cost joined up with a separate alleged assault on one other aged man in the identical space.
Ryo Jay Anan didn’t entrance Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Wednesday when his cost of significantly assaulting an individual over 60 was briefly talked about.
Police allege the 27-year-old fatally attacked John Kerr, 87, throughout his morning stroll in Noosa Heads on June 18.
Mr Kerr was discovered unconscious with severe head accidents alongside the beachfront on the finish of Hastings St, close to Claude Batten Drive.
Mr Anan is additional alleged to have significantly assaulted one other man, who’s over 60, alongside Hastings St that very same morning.
During Wednesday’s temporary point out, police prosecutor Sergeant Brendan Newman stated the Director of Public Prosecutions had requested Mr Anan’s cost of significant assault be transferred to Brisbane.
The court docket was instructed the homicide cost can be talked about at Brisbane Magistrates Court subsequent week.
“Why are they going to Brisbane? It should have been heard up here,” Justice of the Peace Christopher Callaghan requested Sergeant Newman.
“Ultimately, if there’s a trial for murder it will have to be in Brisbane.”
Magistrate Callaghan adjourned the intense assault cost to July 24 in Brisbane.
Mr Anan, who didn’t apply for bail, will stay in custody.
Police allege the Gympie man fatally attacked Mr Kerr alongside the beachfront on the northern finish of Hastings St.
He had sustained severe head accidents in step with an alleged assault and regardless of the makes an attempt of bystanders and emergency companies, he died on the scene.
Police arrested Mr Anan, who was allegedly bare or in “various forms of undress”, on the close by seaside.
Last month, court docket paperwork associated to Mr Anan’s assault cost acknowledged he was provided a normal psychological well being evaluation by Maroochydore Watch House employees however “he declined to engage as requested”.
He was not formally charged with Mr Kerr’s homicide till July 3, with police insisting on the time they wanted to type out the “complexities” between the alleged homicide and severe assault circumstances.
It is believed the 2 males weren’t identified to one another.
Source: www.news.com.au
