Date set for Hookes hearing
The Melbourne bouncer charged over the death of David Hookes will face a ten-day preliminary hearing in November
Wisden Cricinfo staff
12-May-2004
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The Melbourne bouncer charged over the death of David Hookes will face a ten-day
preliminary hearing in November. Zdravko Micevic, 21, who has previously indicated he will plead not guilty to manslaughter, appeared briefly before the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.
His bail was extended until November by Duncan Reynolds, the magistrate, and
he then left the court, hiding his face under a black jumper as he walked
past the media. Hookes was allegedly knocked to the ground during a scuffle outside St Kilda's Beaconsfield Hotel on January 18. He died soon after from his injuries, aged only 48.
Hookes played 23 Tests and 39 one-day internationals for Australia, and was
famed throughout the cricket fraternity for slamming England's captain
Tony Greig for five fours in five balls on his debut in the 1976-77 Centenary Test at Melbourne.