Accused sobs as murder charge brought

A sobbing Luke James Wentholt has been remanded in custody until Dec 18 for the murder of Dublin backpacker David Greene and for a vicious assault on David Byas at a Melbourne boarding house on Aug 26.

Wed, 12 Sep, 2012 - 01:00

Ahmer Khokar

Initially charged with two counts each of intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury assault, Mr Wentholt, aged 31, who was jailed in 2009 for attacking a prostitute, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via videolink from remand to face the upgraded charges.

Victoria Police confirmed Mr Greene travelled to Australia about two years ago on a working visa. Mr Byas, aged 28, remains in hospital in a serious condition.