A man accused of murder at a popular Melbourne park will remain behind bars after failing to front court.
Anas Abdulfatah, 36, allegedly assaulted a 52-year-old man on the fringe of the CBD in Fitzroy Gardens on Monday morning.
Paramedics worked on the Ringwood man for at least half an hour but he died at the scene.
Abdulfatah, who has no fixed address, was taken to hospital under police guard and later charged with one count of murder.
Melbourne Magistrates Court was told on Tuesday morning he was too unwell to attend a brief hearing following his arrest.
Abdulfatah’s lawyer said he required medication for schizoaffective and bipolar conditions, while a prosecutor flagged it would take forensic experts 12 weeks to determine the victim’s cause of death.
He was remanded until the matter’s next scheduled hearing in December.
