Ricky Nixon pleads not guilty to unlawful assault of postman

Ricky Nixon says a postman punched him and hurled an insult at his girlfriend, but the postie says he doesn’t even know what the word means.

Ricky Nixon has pleaded not guilty to attacking postman Behroz Kahaliqi. Picture: Diego Fedele

Ricky Nixon accused a postman of calling his partner a “sl-t” in the lead-up to an altercation, despite the foreign-born courier telling police he doesn’t know what the word means.

Mr Nixon, 61, appeared for the second day of a contested hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, having pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful assault and throwing a parcel at postman Behroz Kahaliqi in March 2022.

Dressed in a blue blazer and jeans, Mr Nixon took notes and ate pieces of chocolate as he listened to witnesses and watched footage played in court.

Mr Kahaliqi alleges that Mr Nixon “pulled” him into his home and “punched” him, before the former AFL player agent threw a parcel at him during a mail run gone wrong.

But Mr Nixon has denied the allegations, claiming he was acting in “self defence” after the postman attacked first.

In a video of Mr Nixon’s police interview played to the court, the former St Kilda player said Mr Kahaliqi allegedly called his partner a “c---” in an alleged incident two days earlier.

Roclu Nixon arrives at the Melbourne Magistrate Court. Picture: Diego Fedele

“He stood there with parcels and a box and said ‘your girlfriend is nothing but a sl-t and c--- of a thing’ … he then punched me, kicked me on the knee (and) threw a box at me,” Mr Nixon said.

“I did not create (the alleged incident), I just said I was Ricky Nixon and he went off his head.”

Mr Nixon also denied that he “punched” Mr Kahaliqi in the police interview played to the court.

“I was pushing him out of the house. He was trespassing on my property and assaulted my partner two days before,” he said.

Mr Kahaliqi also denied allegations that he assaulted anyone.

In his interview with police, also shown in court, Mr Kahaliqi said his English was “not strong” and denied calling Mr Nixon’s partner Melissa Huynh a “sl-t”, a word he said he did not even understand.

CCTV cameras set up at Mr Nixon’s home were not recording at the time of the incident because he had not paid his subscription.

An audio recording of Mr Nixon’s complaint to Australia Post after the alleged altercation was also played in court.

“(Mr Kahaliqi) verbally and physically abused my partner … two days later he punched, assaulted … threw parcels at me,” Mr Nixon told Australia Post.

On Monday, Ms Huynh told the court Mr Kahaliqi threw a parcel at her after an argument broke out during a delivery to Mr Nixon’s address two days earlier.

It’s alleged the disagreement between Mr Kahaliqi and Ms Huynh was because she refused to come to the door to retrieve a parcel due to having “Covid symptoms”, with Mr Kahaliqi replying that she had to as he was “not allowed” to leave packages unattended.

She alleges that he was “very rude” when she eventually came to the door and that he threw a package at her.

Mr Nixon, facing charges of unlawful assault, will give evidence to the court on Wednesday morning.