Roberto Urbano exposes himself in court as he faces Feng Jianming murder charge

Roberto Urbano, charged with murdering Melbourne delivery rider Feng Jianming, exposed himself on Monday while appearing by video at Melbourne Magistrates Court; the feed was then cut.

Urbano, 51, faces a murder charge and a second count. The Guardian described the latter as intentionally causing serious injury, while ABC News described it as intentionally causing injury. He was remanded after making no bail application.

Police allege Feng, 47, and another HungryPanda rider confronted Urbano near the Queen Victoria Market on Friday night after seeing him tamper with their bikes. A fight broke out, and Urbano stabbed both riders, police allege. Feng died at the scene despite efforts by the other rider and bystanders to save him, ABC News reported.

The second rider, 34, had serious injuries and remained in hospital Monday morning, AAP reported.

The Nightly reported that Urbano interrupted prosecutors while they discussed his injuries.

"Can I talk to you, please?" Urbano asked, adding, "I'm the one who has injury, I have injury in my hand."

"I've got your lawyers here before me today, and they will talk to me about your case and indicate to me what they want to do at the moment," Magistrate John Livitsanos said. "Just stay there ... We'll get through this aspect pretty quickly."

Livitsanos told Urbano to be quiet, then muted his audio. Urbano continued talking and gestured with both hands, repeatedly getting up and walking around. He climbed onto a chair and exposed himself, after which the link was cut and he was removed from proceedings.

The incident occurred while lawyers for both sides discussed the time needed to review footage from more than 30 CCTV cameras. Investigators received extra time for their case because several witnesses need translators and the cameras contain hundreds of hours of footage.

Livitsanos approved prosecutors’ request for a photograph of Urbano’s injury and a DNA sample taken by mouth swab. Urbano’s lawyer said his client has schizophrenia and requested an assessment by a custody nurse. Urbano will see a custody nurse for an assessment of potential undiagnosed mental illness.

Feng was originally from China’s Shaanxi province and had spent about nine years in Australia. His work supported his wife, Xu, their two children and both sets of parents.

"We video-called almost every day, so I knew exactly what bag he carried. I recognised his face straight away," Xu told 7News.

"The company will cover the family's travel expenses, funeral costs and necessary related arrangements, alongside an additional financial support payment," HungryPanda said. It said it was also assisting the family with visas to come to Australia.

Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine said "HungryPanda has legal obligations to do whatever it can to minimise risk" and called for a WorkSafe investigation into whether the company had met its duties.

"We have … received reports that workers are being penalised by the company for lost or stolen orders, putting them directly in harm's way to protect their income, and are calling on urgent answers from HungryPanda," Kaine said.

HungryPanda denied having an "automatic" policy making workers pay for stolen food. "No rider should feel obliged to put themselves at risk to protect personal property, delivery equipment or food orders," the company said.

The Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne sought a thorough investigation and said the alleged offender should be "severely punished." Victorian Premier Ben Carroll said Sunday he would make "whatever changes are necessary" to improve gig economy workers’ safety.

Prosecutors sought 16 weeks to prepare the evidence brief before a committal hearing in April.