Melbourne man told Maryam Hamka ‘wait until I get my hands on you’ in months before her death, court hears

Toby Loughnane has admitted to negligent manslaughter but is fighting murder charge in Victorian supreme court

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A Melbourne man was in a brief but violent relationship with Maryam Hamka before he murdered her and disposed of her body in bushland, sending her a series of threatening messages in the lead-up to her death, prosecutors allege.

Toby Loughnane is fighting a murder charge in the Victorian supreme court, after instead admitting to Hamka’s negligent manslaughter – a charge prosecutors say does not go far enough.

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