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Melbourne deliveryman's wedding on hold after being brutally attacked

By Sean Davidson
7:51pm Oct 11, 2018 A delivery driver’s wedding has been postponed after he was viciously bashed by a mail thief with missing teeth in Melbourne overnight.

The 33-year-old man was dropping off food parcels to a property on Wilgah Street, St Kilda East, when he was approached by an unknown man about 3.40am.

Police believe the thug was committing another offence, possibly mail theft, when the victim entered the street.

The unknown man, left, attacked the 33-year-old deliveryman about 3.40am. (Victoria Police)

“The (offender) approached the victim and verbally abused him, then assaulted him with a torch,” Detective Senior Constable Shoshanna Epstein said.

The victim was left lying unconscious on the road as the offender fled the scene.

“The last thing the victim remembers was lying on the roadway facing the offender, and at that time he’s blacked out,” Det Snr Const Epstein said.

“It's a pretty horrific assault. It's certainly not something we see every day. It's an unprovoked assault on a, by all accounts, gentle and kind man just going about his job.”


The Point Cook man sustained a broken skull and broken cheek bone.

His sister, Alina, told 9News he recalled trying to reason with his attacker

“My brother told him: ‘I’m just leaving. I don’t want to say anything more. You want me to leave, I’m leaving.’”

She said her brother’s wedding upcoming nuptials to his Pakistani bride, along with his studies, have now been derailed.

The victim's sister described her brother as a humble, hand-working man. (9NEWS)

“His life has stopped all of a sudden.

“He is a very humble person and he's the youngest of all the siblings and he's always been such a good boy, always into studies.”







