A handcuffed Heath Kevin Parkinson appeared in the Albury Local Court dock on Thursday morning.

The 33-year-old made no comment during the brief hearing and had a noticeably disgruntled look on his face.

But he did wave to a man and woman in the court’s public gallery as he was led back to the cells.

The woman struggled to hold back tears. The pair then remained in court for several minutes after Parkinson was taken away.

Magistrate Rodney Brender adjourned the matter for a further mention in Albury on May 14, after hearing from defence solicitor Camille McKay.

“I can indicate from the outset that there’s no application for bail at this stage,” Ms McKay said.

Parkinson, unshaven and with his hair cropped short and wearing a black tracksuit top with orange and white stripes, was escorted into court by two Corrective Services officers.

Mr Brender ordered that a brief of evidence in relation to Parkinson’s single charge of murder, to which he has not entered a plea, be completed by May 10.

Mr Quirk, 41, died after allegedly being stabbed with a knife and being hit with a baseball bat on March 10.

Two days later, Adam Dennis Coats, 43, fronted the court charged with Mr Quirk’s murder.

Coats is alleged to have intervened in a fight between Mr Quirk and Parkinson at a property in Vera Street.

Parkinson was also injured in what Murray River Detective Inspector Winston Woodward called a “melee-style affray” and taken to hospital with stab wounds to his stomach, chest and shoulder.

He was released from Albury hospital on Wednesday into police custody.

“He did undergo extensive surgery,” Inspector Woodward said.

“All parties are known to each other … We have our understanding of the motives behind it, there could be several motives as to the reason why.”