The ghastly rape and murder of an international student in Melbourne has been linked to "primitive male rage" by a psychiatrist. Killer Codey Herrmann, 21, admits sexually assaulting and murdering 21-year-old Aiia Maasarwe in suburban Bundoora in January and is facing a Supreme Court plea hearing. Herrmann has a severe personality disorder and attacked his Ms Maasarwe in an "eruption of suppressed rage" he harboured towards the world, forensic psychiatrist Andrew Carroll told the court on Wednesday. "This is the manifestation of male rage towards a female," the psychiatrist said, adding the rape and murder were an example of "stereotypical, primitive male rage". Herrmann admitted having intrusive violent and sexual thoughts and said he wasn't proud of them, hitting himself over the head when they came up. Ms Maasarwe was repeatedly beaten over the head, raped, strangled and covered in flammable WD-40 spray before being set on fire during her walk home from a tram stop. Her body was found hours later and Herrmann was arrested within two days, linked to the crime scene by clothing. Ms Maasarwe's distraught father Saeed on Wednesday tried to stymie reporting of the appalling attack, adding that the wanted the case paused until he could come to Australia and attend court. "Because these proceedings are about the murder of my daughter ... I now need to be there," Mr Maasarwe said in a message read to court by prosecutor Patrick Bourke. But Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth denied the request, saying any delay meant Herrmann wouldn't be sentenced until next year. "(Mr Maasarwe) had a right to be here and he chose not to be," she said. Lawyers also flagged a request by Mr Maasarwe to suppress details of his daughter's rape and murder, a day after the brutal particulars were made public. Justice Hollingworth scoffed at the suggestion the court should order stories about the case be removed from the internet. Hours later, Mr Maasarwe's lawyers told the judge the victim's father would not proceed with his bid to curtail reporting of the case. The court was told Herrmann, then aged 20, set fire to Ms Maasarwe before fleeing the scene in a bid to destroy evidence. Ms Maasarwe, a Palestinian Arab of Israeli citizenship who had moved to Australia last year for study, was on the phone to her sister in Israel when Herrmann attacked. The young woman cursed and screamed "you piece of s***" in Arabic before her sister heard no more over the phone from her sibling. Herrmann had used a significant amount of ice the day before he killed Ms Maasarwe but there was no suggestion he was in a drug-induced psychosis at the time. The young man claimed to feel "profound remorse" but when asked about how often he thought about his predicament, replied "oh perhaps every couple of days," Prof Carroll said. After being arrested, Herrmann told police "I didn't kill no one" but later pleaded guilty to rape and murder. His hearing is expected to continue on Thursday, ahead of a sentence scheduled for October 29. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 Australian Associated Press
Codey Herrmann (L) set fire to a woman he raped and killed to destroy evidence, a court has heard.
The ghastly rape and murder of an international student in Melbourne has been linked to "primitive male rage" by a psychiatrist.
Killer Codey Herrmann, 21, admits sexually assaulting and murdering 21-year-old Aiia Maasarwe in suburban Bundoora in January and is facing a Supreme Court plea hearing.
Herrmann has a severe personality disorder and attacked his Ms Maasarwe in an "eruption of suppressed rage" he harboured towards the world, forensic psychiatrist Andrew Carroll told the court on Wednesday.
"This is the manifestation of male rage towards a female," the psychiatrist said, adding the rape and murder were an example of "stereotypical, primitive male rage".
Herrmann admitted having intrusive violent and sexual thoughts and said he wasn't proud of them, hitting himself over the head when they came up.
Ms Maasarwe was repeatedly beaten over the head, raped, strangled and covered in flammable WD-40 spray before being set on fire during her walk home from a tram stop.
Her body was found hours later and Herrmann was arrested within two days, linked to the crime scene by clothing.
Ms Maasarwe's distraught father Saeed on Wednesday tried to stymie reporting of the appalling attack, adding that the wanted the case paused until he could come to Australia and attend court.
"Because these proceedings are about the murder of my daughter ... I now need to be there," Mr Maasarwe said in a message read to court by prosecutor Patrick Bourke.
But Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth denied the request, saying any delay meant Herrmann wouldn't be sentenced until next year.
"(Mr Maasarwe) had a right to be here and he chose not to be," she said.
Lawyers also flagged a request by Mr Maasarwe to suppress details of his daughter's rape and murder, a day after the brutal particulars were made public.
Justice Hollingworth scoffed at the suggestion the court should order stories about the case be removed from the internet.
Hours later, Mr Maasarwe's lawyers told the judge the victim's father would not proceed with his bid to curtail reporting of the case.
The court was told Herrmann, then aged 20, set fire to Ms Maasarwe before fleeing the scene in a bid to destroy evidence.
Ms Maasarwe, a Palestinian Arab of Israeli citizenship who had moved to Australia last year for study, was on the phone to her sister in Israel when Herrmann attacked.
The young woman cursed and screamed "you piece of s***" in Arabic before her sister heard no more over the phone from her sibling.
Herrmann had used a significant amount of ice the day before he killed Ms Maasarwe but there was no suggestion he was in a drug-induced psychosis at the time.
The young man claimed to feel "profound remorse" but when asked about how often he thought about his predicament, replied "oh perhaps every couple of days," Prof Carroll said.
After being arrested, Herrmann told police "I didn't kill no one" but later pleaded guilty to rape and murder.
His hearing is expected to continue on Thursday, ahead of a sentence scheduled for October 29.
