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Samuel Thompson'2016 Ford Mustang. Picture: Liam Kidston
A FORMER self-proclaimed anti-Islamic State fighter has appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Brisbane man Samuel Thompson.
Ashley Dyball, 25, of Albany Creek, was on Friday night charged with Mr Thompson’s murder and with interfering with a corpse.
Dyball was remanded in custody after a brief appearance in the dock. There was no application for bail.
Samuel Thompson.Source:AAP
His Ford Mustang.Source:News Corp Australia
His case will return to court on May 15 but Dyball will not have to appear in court.
Magistrate Mark Bucknall ordered that a brief of evidence be ready by that day.
Dyball had been investigated by federal police for allegedly breaching Australia’s foreign fighter laws, after he joined Kurdish militia the YPG to fight against ISIS in northern Syria.
He returned to Australia in late 2015 and had since challenged authorities to charge him or leave him alone.
Outside court Dyball’s solicitor Alex Jones said Dyball was upset at the situation he had found himself in.
Police and SES searching at the Remondis landfill site at Swanbank. Picture: Tim MarsdenSource:News Corp Australia
Roberto Vincenzo Boscaino, 23, of Bald Hills, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday, also charged with the murder of Mr Thompson and interference with a corpse.
Boscaino’s legal team requested an adjournment and the case will return to court on May 8.
Mr Thompson’s body has not yet been found.
Mr Thompson, 22, of Albion, was last seen on March 7 driving his distinctive burnt-orange 2016 Ford Mustang, with licence plate SAMMO, in Brisbane’s northern suburbs. The car was found near Byron Bay in NSW two days later.
The family of Samuel Thompson appeal to the public for information in Brisbane on Wednesday, March 22. Picture: Dan PeledSource:AAP
Detectives earlier this week searched a landfill at Swanbank north of Brisbane, and a crime scene was established at Bald Hills when Boscaino was arrested.
The search for Mr Thompson has been the largest active police investigation in Brisbane.
The parents of the former state representative ice hockey player appeared in front of the media last week and pleaded for their beloved son to make contact.
His family described Mr Thompson as “generous, thoughtful and loyal”.
Originally published as Anti-ISIS fighter in court over murder