18:54 EDT, 28 January 2021
A high level drug dealing father whose body was found in a wheelie bin in a dam was allegedly murdered five days before the grisly discovery, a court has heard.
Todd Nathan Kiernan, 28, was charged with the murder of Dinh Lam Nguyen and faced Perth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday afternoon.
The charge read to Mr Kiernan by Magistrate Joe Randazzo alleges he murdered Mr Nguyen at Mahogany Creek on January 20, the last day Mr Nguyen was seen alive.
It was also revealed the pair were allegedly drug business partners and had met in jail when they were both serving time for meth dealing offences.