The man accused of murdering Andre Le Dinh allegedly smirked as he watched a news bulletin featuring the dead man's photo in the aftermath of the killing, a court has heard.
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And a witness has described Corey James Martin saying, ''If I didn't kick him in the head one too many times maybe he'd still be alive'' as he watched the news update.
But the ACT Magistrates Court has heard two prosecution witnesses' memories from the time of the May 2010 killing may be clouded by drug abuse.
Martin, also known as ''Budgie'', is being committed in the ACT Magistrates Court on charges of murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Although his legal team has conceded the case should go to the Supreme Court for trial they took the opportunity to cross-examine several Crown witnesses yesterday.
Martin's step-daughter, Camilla Inez Krutsky, was committed to stand trial accused of conspiring to commit robbery and aiding and abetting him to steal cash and cannabis from Mr Le Dinh.
And Magistrate Peter Dingwall is expected to commit Martin and his partner Rebecca Katherine Krutsky, both 38, to the superior court today for their alleged roles.
All three have pleaded not guilty.
Mr Le Dinh's body was found in his apartment at the Oracle complex in Belconnen on May 20; the 26-year-old suffered serious head injuries.
The court heard yesterday of an alleged plot hatched between Martin and 19-year-old Camilla Krutsky to rob Mr Le Dinh of drugs and money.
One witness, a former flat-mate of Camilla Krutsky and the dead man's neighbour, told the court he heard the teen and Martin discussing the plan in the days before the killing.
But during cross-examination from the defendants' lawyers he was vague about when the conversation took place and who said what.
When asked by Camilla Krutsky's lawyer Paul Edmonds the then-heavy cannabis user said it was possible he had smoked eight or more cones that day.
But he described playing Guitar Hero in the same apartment as Camilla, several nights after the conversation about the alleged plot, when they heard several thuds and a yell.
''So whatever you heard wasn't enough to stop you going back to Guitar Hero,'' Martin's lawyer Shane Gill asked.
''Apparently not,'' the witness replied.
The witness, at one stage allegedly a suspect in the murder, said he tried to flee Canberra after being told the drugs stolen from the dead man belonged to Rebels bikies.
The man said he got on a train to Sydney, fearing club reprisals, but within a few minutes was spotted by detectives who accompanied him to Goulburn to make another statement.
He admitted, under questioning from Mr Gill, telling police a number of lies during earlier interviews and statements.
A female witness also described Martin smirking at the television during a news snippet about the killing, saying the man might have survived if he hadn't kicked him in the head so many times.
She also suggested Martin was crying at the time.
But she admitted she was using heroin and cannabis around the time of the incident and said her memory was terrible from years of drug use.
A third witness, a friend of Camilla Krutsky's, said it had been rumoured someone was going to rob Mr Le Dinh for his ''immense amount of pot and money''.
But he said he believed Krutsky was initially reluctant to get involved with her stepfather's alleged scheme, and limited her role to buzzing Martin into the building.