On 16 Jan 2016, 21-year-old Arab-Israeli student, Aiia Maasarwe, who was on a year-long exchange from her university in Shanghai, was on her way back from a social night out with friends in the CBD.  Codey Herrmann, 21, attacked Ms Maasarwe as she was walking home from a tram in Bundoora just after midnight. 

In June 2016 Codey Herrmann pleaded guilty to Aiia Maasarwe's rape and murder.

Victorian Supreme Court Justice, Elizabeth Hollingworth, sentenced an Australian Codey Herrmann to 36 years in prison for the rape and murder of Ms. Maasarwe, setting a non-parole period of 30 years.