ECHUCA, VIC. — Campaspe Crime Investigation Unit detectives have upgraded the charges against a 52-year-old man after police were called to reports of an assault involving two men at an Echuca property.
Officers attended the scene and located a 51-year-old Echuca man, who was transported to hospital with injuries, where he died nine days later.
The other man, a 52-year-old from Echuca, was spoken to by police at the scene.
He was arrested the following day and charged with intentionally causing injury.
Police will allege the parties were known to each other.
Following further investigation, the charges against the 52-year-old man have been upgraded to manslaughter.
He appeared before Echuca Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, November 11, where he was bailed to appear at Bendigo Magistrates Court on February 3, 2027.
