He was charged with one count of murder on Monday before appearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court with his face swollen and covered in injuries including a large cut over his left eye. Mr Dick was also wanted over the Keilor hammer attack on former school friend David Cammarata last August. Detectives suspect Mr Dick had been following media reports about the police hunt while he was on the run. Jonathan Dick, with his face covered in blood, as he was arrested in Melbourne's CBD on Monday morning. Credit:Nine News Mr Cammarata had been on high alert since the hammer attack in the driveway of his home, often walking to and from his office in Melbourne's CBD with someone else for safety.

He told The Age on Monday night that the last year had been a "saga" for him and his family. The father of three was in the Wilson car park on on Flinders Street, metres from Hosier Lane, with colleague and friend Dion Raiola on Monday when they saw Mr Dick about 7.40am. Mr Cammarata and Mr Raiola, who work together at Diamondline Jewellery in Melbourne's CBD, managed to restrain Mr Dick, who was left with blood pouring from his face. When police arrived, Mr Dick allegedly told officers, "I'm Jonathan Dick", Nine News reported. Mr Cammarata praised the actions of his friend Mr Raiola, saying he was "forever in his debt" for helping him to capture the man who he said had been a threat to him and his family.

He said he would feel safer walking the streets knowing he didn't have to look out for signs of danger. The pair involved in the citizen's arrest suffered minor injuries, with one taken to hospital for treatment. Mr Dick was taken to the secure unit of St Vincent's Hospital in a stable condition. He was released from the hospital mid-afternoon and remanded for questioning. In photographs taken as he arrived at Spencer Street police station it appeared Mr Dick was in good health and had recently had a haircut. Shortly before 7pm, he appeared in court charged with murder. His lawyer told the magistrate Mr Dick had no withdrawal issues and that it was his first time in custody.

Questions have been raised about how Mr Dick, who has distinctive tattoos of the Incredible Hulk and Wolverine fighting Sabretooth, evaded police for so long, when detectives conceded last year they strongly suspected he was "hiding in plain sight". Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said Mr Dick had not used his regular networks, which had made the task more challenging. “There are some occasions, and they’re pretty rare, where someone is at large for this length of time," he said. "Certainly what we do from here once he’s under arrest, which he now is, we understand why and how and actually go into looking at where he has been and see what learnings we can get out of that,” he said.

"Someone has recognised him, who knew him, which was ideal. That's enabled them to make, for want of a better term, a citizen's arrest and for police to get there as soon as we could," Mr Ashton said. A knife lies on the ground. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui "We've strongly believed he represented a significant risk to community safety while he was out and about so we're very relieved and grateful that he's back in custody." Mr Ashton said police often had reported sightings of Mr Dick and believed they were close to capturing him a few times. Police have held numerous public appeals and were offering $100,000 for information leading to Mr Dick's arrest, which the men who captured him could potentially receive, Mr Ashton said.

"These people have acted bravely in terms of getting him under arrest," he said. "They’ll certainly be under consideration." Hours after Mr Dick's arrest, blood could still be seen spattered on the footpath at the entrance to the Wilson car park. A red retractable knife was on the ground just metres away. In Hosier Lane police examined a blue bicycle with a white bucket hanging from the handlebars. Forensics officers remove the contents of a white bucket. Inside was a hammer, 25cm kitchen knife, scissors, multiple pairs of gloves, a orange hi-vis jacket and a newspaper possibly linked to the fugitive. Laid out on blue plastic for forensic examination, the items were photographed before being placed into paper bags. Credit: Erin Pearson One by one items were pulled out from inside the bucket: a hammer, a 25-centimetre kitchen knife and scissors.

They were placed onto a blue plastic sheet for examination alongside multiple pairs of gloves, an orange hi-vis jacket and a newspaper. The items were photographed before being placed into paper bags. Several people at Hosier Lane’s homeless support centre The Living Room said they recognised photos of Mr Dick. They said he was not a regular, but believed he had accessed the service in the last week.

Mr Dick's mother Carol said she was relieved Jonathan had been found alive. The scene near Hosier Lane where Jonathan Dick was arrested Credit:Erin Pearson "I'm overwhelmed by the news this morning that my son has been found," she said in a statement. "All I ever wanted was for him to be found alive and I feel comfort in that." She thanked her friends and family, and Victoria Police for keeping her updated.

"I have never felt alone during this because of their support." Following Monday morning's attack, heavily armed specialist police descended on Hosier Lane. Those officers, from the critical incident response team, remained on the scene for much of the morning alongside more than 25 other police, while the Wilson car park and Hosier Lane were taped off. A passerby said he walked by the incident and saw "a guy covered in blood being held in a headlock and someone threatening to punch him". David Dick. Credit:Victoria Police

He later realised it was the capture of one of Australia's most wanted fugitives, the man wrote on Twitter. David Dick, 36, was on his way to his concreting job and walking through the multi-level car park at Westfield Doncaster to catch a bus, when he was attacked with a sword as he stepped out of the lift at 6am on February 3, 2017. An exercise group discovered David's body lying in a pool of blood. Jonathan Dick's blue 1997 Ford Fairmont sedan was later found abandoned in Ivanhoe East and he had been on the run since. However, he emerged on August 23 last year when he allegedly ambushed his former school friend Mr Cammarata outside his Keilor home.

In dramatic footage obtained by Nine News, Mr Dick can be seen appearing from underneath the front steps of the home where he had been waiting before launching himself at Mr Cammarata, who was walking to his car in the driveway. According to Nine News, he said to Mr Cammarata: "You had this coming." Mr Cammarata suffered a cut to the back of his head and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police released CCTV showing a man they believed to Mr Dick running from the crime scene wearing a red jumper and blue jeans. At the time, Mr Dick's mother Carol said via a statement to police that she and Mr Dick's brother Simon "miss him" and "want him to reach out" to them.