The second day of a committal hearing for alleged murderer Odin Gillin, 20, was heard in the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

The court heard Gillin and victim Hayden Coleman, 18, had an altercation in front of a house before Gillin allegedly stabbed him in the chest.

The court was told of the moments leading up to Mr Coleman’s death, and Gillin’s movements in the hours afterwards.

Jaawaa Morgan, one of Mr Coleman’s best friends, gave evidence to the court during the hearing describing the events in the evening of Saturday, September 10 last year.

He said Mr Coleman was smoking cannabis with a group of friends in a house on Energetic Street when there was a knock at the front door about 7pm.

Mr Coleman opened the door to see Gillin standing there.

“Hayden says ‘you’re not welcome here, I don’t like you, so leave’,” Mr Morgan said.

“They were talking to each other, abusing each other.

“There was a little bit of commotion outside. Two people yelling at each other… sort of punching on.”

Mr Morgan and four others went to the front door where they saw Gillin and Mr Coleman insulting each other.

When Mr Coleman went to put down his jumper, Gillin allegedly punched him to the back of the head. The court was told Mr Coleman responded, “what, you want to go again?”

The pair started “throwing punches” at each other, but Mr Morgan said none of the punches connected properly.

The court heard Gillin then said “f--- it, I just want to go”, and stood at the passenger side of a car in front of the house.

Gillin’s friend Michelle Russell – who also gave evidence to the court – was in the driver’s seat.

Mr Morgan said Mr Coleman stood in front of the car and continued to shout at Gillin.

“He walked out to the front of the car and said… ‘let’s go one-on-one in front of my mates to see how much of a p---y you are’,” Mr Morgan said.

“He stood in front of the car, and was trying to get Odin onto the road.”

Mr Coleman walked closer to the car and came within one metre of Gillin, Mr Morgan said.

“I saw Odin reach into the car, and then stand back up,” he said.

“I see him strike Hayden.

“I see Hayden stumble backwards, he yells out ‘I’ve been stabbed, please get me an ambulance’.”

A number of the men in front of the house ran towards the car, and Mr Morgan admitted to smashing the back window. Another window was smashed by another man.

Mr Morgan said he heard Gillin say “go, go, go, go quick, we need to go”.

“(It was) like he was scared for his life,” Mr Morgan said.

The car then drove away from the scene. 

Mr Coleman’s axillary artery on his left side was cut and his lung was punctured by the stabbing, which left a 13 centimetre track. He died at the scene.

A toxicologist found traces of ice and the opioid Suboxone in Mr Coleman’s blood.

The driver of the car, Ms Russell, told the court her memory of the incident was patchy due to her consumption of Methodone, Valium and Xanax earlier in the day.

She said she saw Mr Coleman with his hand on his shoulder as she drove away, and noticed blood on the knees of Gillin.

The pair drove back to a motel in Golden Square where they were staying, and Gillin showed her the knife. She saw blood on its tip.

In her statement to police, Ms Russell said they were “frantic”.

“Odin showed me the knife and I fell back onto the bed, and onto the floor. Odin said ‘please pray with me Michelle, I didn’t mean it, I hope he doesn’t die’,” the statement read.

Ms Russell and Gillin met with another woman soon after, and they drove back towards her house in Kangaroo Flat.

“(Odin) was just in the back, saying ‘it wasn’t meant to happen’,” she told the court.

“He said ‘I’ve got to get rid of it (the knife)’.”

They continued to drive beyond the Crusoe Reservoir car park before the woman said she would go no further, and Gillin allegedly got out of the car.

Ms Russell told police she did not see Gillin throw away the knife, nor did he mention that he was planning on disposing of the weapon.

Ms Russell also claimed there was no weapon inside of her car when they drove to Energetic Street, and did not tell police about the knife for three days.

They then dropped Gillin off at the woman’s house in Kangaroo Flat. It was the last time Ms Russell saw Gillin.

She was brought to the Bendigo Police Station at 10am the following morning where she was interviewed.

The hearing was delayed for four hours on Thursday after Gillin was not brought to the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court from a prison in Melbourne until midday – almost three hours after the hearing was scheduled to begin.

Power was also cut to the court for several hours.

Magistrate Patrick Southey said there had been “an extraordinary litany of disasters”.

A further nine witnesses will be called during the committal hearing, which continues on Friday.