A man charged with the alleged murder of a popular surfer was a no-show in court due to medical reasons, according to his lawyer.
Jayson Brett Dal Molin, 41, was scheduled to appear in Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday, hours after he was arrested and charged over the death of Guy Haymes following a renewed police appeal.
Mr Haymes, 59, a well known Sydney surfer, was found with serious head injuries on Sydney’s northern beaches on February 27 and died in Royal North Shore Hospital a fortnight later.
Dal Molin was arrested in Greenacre in the city’s south-west on Saturday night.
He was charged with murder and two counts of taking or detaining a person with intent to obtain advantage, and taking or detaining a person with intent to obtain advantage occasioning actual bodily harm.
Pleas have yet to be entered and Dal Molin’s lawyer told the court the her client could not appear in court until he has access to his medication in jail.
Jayson Brett Dal Molin, 41, (pictured) is behind bars after he was charged with murder
Well-known surfer Guy Haymes (pictured) died a fortnight after the alleged assault
Police alleged in court documents that Dal Molin murdered Mr Haymes between 1.30pm and 5.56pm at a Manly unit on February 27, The Daily Telegraph reported.
His lawyer told the court that Dal Molin was not required to appear via video link for Sunday’s hearing and added that he is currently unmedicated in prison.
The court also heard that Dal Molin suffers from ADHD, bipolar, anxiety and depression.
In his absence, police presented documents to the court alleging that he detained Mr Haymes with the intention of obtaining an advantage of $50 and occasioned actual bodily harm.
Police also alleged that Dal Molin detained two other men with the intention of obtaining an advantage of $50 on the same day.
Magistrate Chris McRobert adjourned the matter to Downing Centre Local Court on August 15.
Dal Molin will remain behind bars.
Nicknamed ‘Creature’, Mr Haymes was a popular surfer known on Sydney’s northern beaches and in Wollongong south of Sydney.
He grew up learning to surf on the northern beaches with his family who are all popular in the local surfing scene.
He was considered part of a small group of locals to have kickstarted surfing at Avalon Beach, which is now one of Sydney’s hotspots.
Jayson Brett Dal Molin (pictured) did not appear at Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday because he is waiting for his medication to be given to him in prison, his lawyer told the court
Police renewed a public appeal for information about Guy Haymes’ (pictured) death last Thursday and made an arrest two days later
A breakthrough in the case emerged when a witness came forward after NSW Police and Mr Haymes’ grieving family launched a public appeal for information on Thursday.
Mr Haymes’ brother Mark said that the news of an arrest ‘massive weight off our shoulders’.
‘It won’t bring my brother back but at least it’s something,’ he told Nine News.
‘If he had fallen over and hit his head and it was just a bad accident, but for someone to do that that’s the part that really gets you.’
Mark previously described his brother Guy as ‘fun-loving, sociable and got on with everyone’.
‘Our whole family is shocked and in disbelief that he had his life cut short – and in such a brutal way,’ he told reporters at the press conference on Thursday.
‘With my kids, he was always a really good uncle – they loved him.
‘If anyone out there has any information, please come forward as our whole family needs closure.’
Mark Haymes (pictured) said it was a massive weight off of his family’s shoulders after hearing that a man had been charged with his brother’s murder
Detective Superintendent Patrick Sharkey had appealed for any information from members of the public after conducting extensive inquiries.
‘We are reaching out for assistance from the community as we continue to investigate this for Guy’s family,’ he said.
‘My detectives will not stop… Guy’s family have been left without answers and I need the community to help in providing those answers.’
Guy’s father, John, posted an update on Facebook in May that his son’s death had been ‘extremely stressful’ for the family.
‘As I’m sure you will understand that the past three months have been extremely stressful for Val, I and the family,’ John wrote.
‘Once it became murder the entire situation be came a lot of very unfortunate circumstances over the ensuing months.
‘We definitely want to give Guy the send off he deserves.’
A paddle-out in Mr Haymes’ memory at North Avalon is being planned.
Investigations into Mr Haymes’ death continue.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
Guy Haymes was a popular surfer known on Sydney’s northern beaches and in Wollongong
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