Ricky Lefoe accused of fatal punch to Brazilian Ivan Susin at Gold Coast kebab shop

A Sydney construction worker is in court over the killing of a Brazilian man who died from a fatal blow to the head received during a brawl over a stolen chip on the Gold Coast.

Ricky Lefoe is facing trial in Brisbane Supreme Court, charged with manslaughter over the alleged fatal punch at Surfers Paradise on September 30, 2019.

The Crown alleges Mr Lefoe knocked 29-year-old Ivan Susin unconscious during a brawl outside a kebab shop on Orchid Ave.

Ricky Lefoe (pictured) arrives at the Brisbane Supreme court to stand trial for manslaughter

Mr Lefoe has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Several witnesses on Monday told the court they’d seen a group of men fighting, before one man fell to the ground.

In CCTV, which was played before the court on Monday, a group of men is involved in the alleged fight outside the kebab shop.

Witness Daniel Gill told the court he’d been on the Gold Coast to play in the Uni Games tournament and had been out the night of the alleged fight.

Mr Gill said he was sitting nearby when he saw two people get into an ‘altercation’ and could hear ‘raised voices’.

‘It was a bit of a scuffle – both stood up and exchanged some punches. From there, a third person ran in, tried to throw a haymaker punch and missed,’ Mr Gill said.

Brazilian man Ivan Susin (pictured), 29, died outside a kebab shop on Orchid Avenue in Surfers Paradise in 2019

‘He (the third person) then got hit in the head, which knocked him out and he went straight to the ground.’

Mr Gill said he believed the fight had broken out after a ‘bloke had stolen food and initiated the fight’.

He told the court he didn’t know what type of food was allegedly stolen, but did recall seeing a takeaway container on the bench where the men had been sitting before the fight broke out.

Another witness, Keesha Martinuzzo, told the court she also remembered seeing the fight get ‘progressively worse’ as she was standing nearby with friends.

‘I’m not sure how the fight started, but as we were approaching, there was a few punches, so we stepped away,’ Ms Martinuzzo said. 

Mr Susin was sitting with friends on a bench outside a kebab shop when two men approached

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CCTV footage shows Mr Susin struggling in a fight outside the kebab shop (pictured)

‘Lots of punches were being thrown (between) a whole lot of people.

‘I couldn’t make out who was punching who and there was a lot of people involved in the group.

‘I do remember someone being hit … he was completely knocked out just in that one punch.

‘In that single punch he landed directly back on the concrete.

‘I don’t remember the direction he came from, I wasn’t really observing them at the time.’

Ms Martinuzzo said she saw one man eating chips on the bench and then she saw the fight break out.

‘I just remember them fleeing, they didn’t stay.’

The trial continues.