A MELBOURNE man who was allegedly murdered outside a brothel had been frantically searching for his girlfriend who he believed was being held as a sex slave, a court has heard.
Two days before his death Abraham Papo told his best friend he had called his girlfriend's telephone but a man had answered saying the girls were not supposed to give out their numbers and to "piss off".
Mr Papo took this to mean his girlfriend was "back working in a brothel and was being held against her will", the friend Andrew Marks said in a statement tendered in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Mr Papo was desperate to find his girlfriend, whom he believed may be in Sydney, and was "frantic" about her, Mr Marks told the court on Monday.
On the night before he died, Mr Papo said he had found her "here", which Mr Marks took to be in Melbourne.
De Jun "Kevin" Zheng, 33, is charged with murdering Mr Papo outside South Melbourne brothel Madam Leona's in February 2009.
He told police Mr Papo had robbed him.
Senior Constable Rachel Dunkinson told the court she approached Zheng, who was standing outside a car and had blood on him.
Zheng told her "he robbed me".
Sen Const Dunkinson noticed Zheng was holding an iron bar.
She saw a man in the driver's seat of the car covered in blood who appeared to be dying.
Sen Const Dunkinson asked Zheng if he had used the iron bar to smash a window in the car and he said he had.
But Zheng said he did not know if he hit the man in the head, the court heard.
Brothel manager Cheng Chang Wang told the court he saw an "Australian male" punch Zheng in the face inside the brothel.
Both men then ran out into the street and he heard them arguing.
In a statement tendered in court, Mr Wang said he could see Zheng standing at the driver's door smashing into the car.
He did not know if Zheng had anything in his hands.
Mr Wang said when he returned to his office two cordless phones and a couple of hundred dollars were missing.
Zheng is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by paying Mr Papo's family $20,000 the day after he died to ensure they did not pursue their son's death with authorities.
The committal hearing before Magistrate Ian Watkins continues on Tuesday.
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