The man accused of murdering teenager Masa Vukotic claims he threw a punch at Prime Minister Tony Abbott nearly a decade ago . Mr Abbott , who was Federal Health Minister at the time , visited the Thomas Embling Hospital in Melbourne 's inner-north on February 22 , 2006 when he was reportedly hit in the face by a patient . The Victorian hospital , which is located in Fairfield , provides advanced clinical treatment and programs for patients from the criminal justice or mental health systems . Before Sean Christian Price , 31 , was charged with stabbing 17-year-old schoolgirl to death , he revealed to The Age that he was the patient who punched Mr Abbott nine years ago . Scroll down for video . Man accused of murdering Masa Vukotic claims he punched Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the face in 2006 . ' I hit him and he stepped back and shaped up like a boxer , ' Mr Price told The Age . 'Then he dropped his hands and smiled , and said ' I 've been hit harder than that on the football field ' . ' A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott at the time of the incident said one of the patients 'had a go at Tony ' when he was visiting several mental health service providers in Melbourne . 'It was over in about three seconds . It was so not a big deal , ' the spokeswoman told AAP . ' ( The patient ) did take a swing . He did connect , but to say he punched him is overstating it . 'The quote from Tony is : 'It is a matter of complete inconsequence ' . ' Sean Price ( centre ) arrived at St Kilda Police Station in handcuffs , flanked by homicide detectives . Masa Vukotic , 17 , was stabbed in daylight while walking along a path just metres from her home on Tuesday . The revelation comes after the 31-year-old fronted Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday after he was charged with murdering Masa in a Doncaster park near her home on Tuesday night . Masa was stabbed in daylight while walking along a path at Koonung Creek Linear Reserve shortly before 7pm in what police believe was a 'random attack ' . Mr Price was also charged with six other offences including one count of rape , two counts of robbery and three counts of common law assault including an attempted carjacking . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Man accused of murdering Masa Vukotic claims he punched AbbottTony Abbott . Mr Tony Abbott was the Federal Health Minister when he visited a hospital in 2006 and was reportedly hit in the face by a patient . Sean Price , 31 , claims he was the patient who punched the Prime Minister . The revelation came after Mr Price fronted court on Friday . He was charged with murdering the 17-year-old schoolgirl on Tuesday .