Ex-soldier remanded over Vic murder

Updated: 14:28, Friday December 9, 2011

A former Syrian soldier accused of murdering a Melbourne shop-owner was allegedly armed with a knife and a modified table leg, court documents show.

Riad Barbour, 32, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday charged with the stabbing murder on Tuesday of Meadow Heights man Dzung Nguyen.

Barbour 48, who’s accused of robbing Mr Nguyen, 48, of more than $12,000 in cash, is alleged to have been armed with a knife and a modified timber table leg.

According to the court documents, Mr Nguyen was stabbed outside his post office and Tattslotto outlet at Deer Park in Melbourne’s north-west at about 6.45pm (AEDT) on Tuesday.

His family discovered his body about two hours later.

Prosecutor Luke Exell said the case brief would take about three months to compile.

This was longer than normal because there was a “complex scene to be examined”, Mr Exell said.

The court was told Barbour, a former Syrian soldier who owns a Bacchus Marsh milkbar, suffered from asthma and blood-pressure and has injuries to his left hand and the right side of his head.

Magistrate Donna Bakos remanded him in custody until his next court appearance, scheduled for April 13 next year.

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