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| Pande Veleski: man arrested over Northern Territory stabbing charged with murder Pande Veleski: man arrested over Northern Territory stabbing charged with murder | |
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| A man has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a French tourist in the Northern Territory. | A man has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a French tourist in the Northern Territory. |
| Pande Veleski, who was allegedly found naked in the bush, was taken into custody on Thursday after 33-year-old Philippe Jegouzo was knifed in the neck in an allegedly “unprovoked attack” in front of his wife at a roadside rest stop near Alice Springs the day before. | Pande Veleski, who was allegedly found naked in the bush, was taken into custody on Thursday after 33-year-old Philippe Jegouzo was knifed in the neck in an allegedly “unprovoked attack” in front of his wife at a roadside rest stop near Alice Springs the day before. |
| Jegouzo and his wife had only recently arrived in Australia. | Jegouzo and his wife had only recently arrived in Australia. |
| The stabbing death of the French tourist was random and obscure, police said. Veleski remains in hospital under police guard. | The stabbing death of the French tourist was random and obscure, police said. Veleski remains in hospital under police guard. |
| Jegouzo’s 30-year-old wife, Aurelie Chorier, was taken to the Alice Springs hospital to be treated for shock but was discharged on Thursday. | Jegouzo’s 30-year-old wife, Aurelie Chorier, was taken to the Alice Springs hospital to be treated for shock but was discharged on Thursday. |
| Detective-superintendent Travis Wurst said they were trying to find a motive. | Detective-superintendent Travis Wurst said they were trying to find a motive. |
| Veleski is yet to be interviewed but there are growing indications he has mental health issues. | Veleski is yet to be interviewed but there are growing indications he has mental health issues. |
| “Here is a man who has suffered long-term mental illness, as I know the family,” one person posted on Veleski’s Facebook page on Friday. | “Here is a man who has suffered long-term mental illness, as I know the family,” one person posted on Veleski’s Facebook page on Friday. |
| “I can assure people that his poor parents and family are totally distressed about the victim, as well as their own son, who has has suffered for many years in a barely adequate mental health system.” | “I can assure people that his poor parents and family are totally distressed about the victim, as well as their own son, who has has suffered for many years in a barely adequate mental health system.” |
| Veleski’s brother Tony also confirmed the 35-year-old had previously been treated for a mental health condition. | Veleski’s brother Tony also confirmed the 35-year-old had previously been treated for a mental health condition. |
| “We’re really sorry for the French tourist, and we’re sorry for my brother as well,” Fairfax quoted Tony as saying. | “We’re really sorry for the French tourist, and we’re sorry for my brother as well,” Fairfax quoted Tony as saying. |
| Tony said the family did not know Veleski had left the state and thought his brother had travelled to the family’s holiday house in Dromana, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. | Tony said the family did not know Veleski had left the state and thought his brother had travelled to the family’s holiday house in Dromana, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. |
| “We were meant to go there today to see him, to spend time with him, me and my son,” he said. | “We were meant to go there today to see him, to spend time with him, me and my son,” he said. |
| Police allege that after stabbing, Jegouzo, Veleski fled the scene in a grey Hyundai, which was soon stopped by them at Ti Tree. | Police allege that after stabbing, Jegouzo, Veleski fled the scene in a grey Hyundai, which was soon stopped by them at Ti Tree. |
| It is alleged he then fled into the bush on foot but was found naked the next morning, while a search of the area uncovered items of clothing believed to be his. | It is alleged he then fled into the bush on foot but was found naked the next morning, while a search of the area uncovered items of clothing believed to be his. |