The son of a boxing champion charged with the murder of another man in Melbourne\u2019s inner west has psychosis, schizophrenia and akathisia, a court has been told.<\/p>\n
Zac Swettenham, 37, the son of Australian boxing legend Barry Michael, appeared via video link in the Melbourne Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday afternoon after he was charged with killing a 25-year-old man in Footscray on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The man was found with serious injuries behind the Courthouse Hotel on Nicholson St, near Irvine St, about 7.45pm on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Emergency services tried to treat the South Yarra man but he died at the scene. <\/p>\n
Wearing white prison clothes and covering his legs with a white blanket, Mr Swettenham appeared relaxed but tired.<\/p>\n
Akathisia is a \u201csubjective and very distressing feeling of restlessness\u201d and can be caused by antipsychosis medication, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.<\/p>\n
He will appear in court again on October 13. <\/p>\n
Mr Swettenham was arrested about 8.30pm on Monday at Yarraville railway station. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt this stage, detectives believe the parties were known to each other,\u201d a police statement read.<\/p>\n
Mr Sweetenham was previously sentenced to three years and six months in jail for assaulting a man in his home with a baseball bat and robbing him in 2020.<\/p>\n
Mr Sweetenham\u2019s father held the IBF super featherweight world championship from 1985-1987. Michael famously won his first world title in an epic stoush with Lester Ellis in July 1985.<\/p>\n
After retiring from the ring, Michael became a respected boxing analyst.<\/p>\n
He also unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 2013, representing the Palmer United Party. <\/p>\n