Barbaro extradited
Murder suspect arrested in Sydney
A MAN wanted over the death of a woman in South Melbourne has been extradited to Victoria after being arrested in Sydney.
Fugitive Ricardo Barbaro was arrested early yesterday after a stand-off and brief altercation with police at a unit in Sydney’s western suburbs.
His matter was mentioned briefly in Parramatta Local Court, where his Queenslandbased lawyer Campbell MacCallum did not oppose the extradition. He is wanted in Victoria over the death of South Melbourne woman Ellie Price.
Mr Barbaro chose not to appear in court via video link before being released into the custody of four Victorian police officers to take him back to Melbourne.
He is scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. Following a weeklong interstate manhunt, the 33-year-old was arrested at
Amalfi Drive at Wentworth Point and charged with an interstate warrant for murder.
He was taken to Sydney’s Concord Hospital for treatment on minor injuries believed to have been sustained during a collision with a mirror. Footage released by NSW Police showed Mr Barbaro being taken into custody wearing a black tracksuit.
Police believe Ms Price and Mr Barbaro had been in an onagain, off-again relationship since October last year. It’s believed Ms Price, a 26-year-old mother, was assaulted and that her body was left in her home for up to five days before it was discovered on May 4. Detectives last week launched a public appeal to find the fugitive and urged him to hand himself in.
Ms Price’s Mercedes was found at Diggers Point northwest of Melbourne’s last week, about 40km from her South Melbourne home. Police had been looking for Mr Barbaro, of Southport in Queensland, with help from other law enforcement agencies. Detectives are not searching for anyone else in the murder investigation.