The family of another young man killed in an alleged single-punch attack in Sydney have expressed their grief and outrage as his accused murderer faced court.
Brazilian national Lucio Stein Rodrigues, 34, was killed after he was attacked outside Scruffy Murphys bar in the inner city in the early hours of November 3 last year.
The case against Nicholas Lambaditis, 33, who allegedly punched Mr Rodrigues, was briefly mentioned in Central Local Court on Tuesday.
He has been charged with murder, assault causing grievous bodily harm and the assault of another man.
He has yet to enter a plea.
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Outside court, lawyer Luana Torres read out a statement on behalf of the Rodrigues family.
"Lucio hasn't been mentioned in the media much at all lately and it's very important that he's not forgotten," the statement said.
"His family are extremely distraught over the death of their son and they desperately want justice to be done.
"We need to ensure the community and the judiciary understand the family's outrage, that his death will be in vain if the accused is treated as leniently as other one-punch offenders in recent times."
Mr Rodrigues's death was a "tragedy of inexcusable proportions", the family said.
"This young man was in the prime of his life, he was a beacon of his community, he came from a good family, was well educated, well respected and dearly loved by many," the statement said.
"In death, his organs have given life to six other gravely ill people."
The family hopes "something is done very soon to curb this kind of behaviour", Ms Torres added.
Lambaditis did not appear in court on Tuesday, where his lawyer Nick Boyden said he was waiting on a post-mortem examination report before a decision would be made on whether he would face a committal hearing.
His case was adjourned to March 4.
The Rodrigues family's call for justice comes a day after the family of single-punch killing victim Thomas Kelly delivered a petition with 132,000 signatures to the NSW government calling for tougher sentencing laws for alcohol-related violence.
Their petition was delivered days after another victim, 18-year-old Daniel Christie, died in hospital on Saturday.
The case against his accused murderer, Shaun McNeil, was also briefly mentioned in Central Local Court on Tuesday.
