Somalia-born man charged over alleged visa breaches in Melbourne

A Somalia-born man on a visa has been arrested in Melbourne after allegedly breaching his electronic monitoring conditions and committing a serious crime on bail.

A Somali-born man has been charged over alleged visa breaches. Picture: Gaye Gerard

A Somali-born man on a visa has been charged with breaching his electronic monitoring conditions and committing a serious crime on bail.

His arrest in Melbourne this week came as a former immigration detainee was charged over a Footscray assault which left a man fighting for life.

The latest man detained, aged 43, was charged on Tuesday by the Australian Federal Police.

The AFP said it would be alleged he had breached the conditions of his visa by not maintaining his electronic monitoring device.

He faces three counts related to that.

The man has also been charged with committing an indictable offence while on bail and contravening a condition of bail.

That follows the arrest on Sunday of Lominja Friday Yokoju in connection with the street bashing of Dominic O’Brien, 62, in Footscray.

A court heard Mr O’Brien is unlikely to survive the onslaught and the homicide squad is investigating.

Mr Yokoju, who is on a bridging visa, is charged with intentionally causing injury.

Charges that he had breached his ankle monitoring and curfew conditions were last November dropped by prosecutors.

Originally published as Somalia-born man charged over alleged visa breaches in Melbourne