âOnly a matter of timeâ: Detectives search for âcowardlyâ thief over Coburg manâs murder Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Police are pleading for information about the murder of an 87-year-old Melbourne man who was brutally bashed and left for dead in his Coburg home by a âcowardly and callous thiefâ. Detectives say the Coburg man was left lying on the floor with critical injuries for up to five and a half hours before he was found by a family member. He later died in hospital. Kon Kritikos was home alone at his Reynard Street property in Coburg on November 11 when he was bashed.