Fellow comedian charged with painting offensive graffiti at memorial for Eurydice Dixon
The 31-year-old man who allegedly spray painted lewd graffiti at the memorial for Eurydice Dixon has been named as fellow comedian Andrew Nolch.
Mr Nolch was arrested by police last week and charged with criminal damage, offensive behaviour and making offensive graffiti.
He is known to friends of Ms Dixon, who herself was an aspiring comedian, The Age reported.
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Comedian Andrew Nolch (pictured) has been charged with criminal damage, offensive behaviour and making offensive graffiti
Mr Nolch (pictured) is scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on August 10 after being granted bail
Mr Nolch has been charged over defacing a memorial for Eurydice Dixon, spray painting it with lewd markings (pictured are fire crews removing the markings)
The memorial was set up in the aftermath of the alleged rape and murder of Euryrice Dixon (pictured)
On social media following Ms Dixon's death, Mr Nolch had written: 'The mainstream media is running a brainwashing program which is designed to make everyone think that males are bad'.
'I was upset that vaccines caused the killers autism', a post which appeared on the Facebook page of Mr Nolch after news broke of his arrest said.
Mr Nolch is scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on August 10 after being granted bail.
A Facebook event alerting members of the public to Mr Nolch's court date was created on Wednesday night.
Mr Nolch, who had a program on Channel 31 which no longer airs called The Kink, was charged just hours before a vigil was held for Ms Dixon, 22.
Police patrolling Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North discovered the vandalism at 3.50am on June 18.
Pictured are firefighters cleaning up the floral memorial after it was vandalised
Eurydice was on her way home from a comedy gig when she was allegedly raped and murdered in Princes Park
Fire crews removed the 25-metre offensive markings next to the floral memorial after they were found.
Council workers then covered up the remnants of the disgraceful graffiti with plastic sheets, as organisers of the vigil expressed their disgust.
The memorial was set up in the aftermath Ms Dixon's death on June 12.
The aspiring comedian was on her way home from a gig when she was allegedly raped and murdered.
Ms Dixon's body was found less than a kilometre away from her home.
Jaymes Todd, 19, has been charged in relation to the alleged murder and sexual assault.